modern Europe, particularly in Germany, a court Jew (German: Hofjude, Yiddish: הויף איד, romanized: hoyf id) or court factor (German: Hoffaktor, Yiddish: קאַורט...
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Issachar Berend Lehmann (category Court Jews)
working as a court Jew for Elector Augustus II the Strong of Saxony, King of Poland, and other German princes. He was privileged as a court Jew and resident...
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The terms "self-hating Jew", "self-loathing Jew", and "auto-antisemite" (Hebrew: אוטואנטישמי, romanized: oto'antishémi, feminine: אוטואנטישמית,...
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Simon Wolf Oppenheimer (category Court Jews)
Wolf Oppenheimer (died 10 November 1726) was a German Jewish banker and Court Jew of the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg in Hanover. He was the son of...
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Jewish history (redirect from History of the Jews)
history of the Jews, their nation, religion, and culture, as it developed and interacted with other peoples, religions, and cultures. Jews originated from...
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Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (category Court Jews)
Oppenheimer (c. 1698 – February 4, 1738) was a German banker who was court Jew for Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, managing several of his enterprises...
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Schutzjude (redirect from Protected Jew)
(German: [ˈʃʊtsˌjuːdə], "protected Jew") was a status for German Jews granted by the imperial, princely or royal courts. Within the Holy Roman Empire, except...
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Samuel Oppenheimer (category Court Jews)
building a mansion in the heart of Vienna. He was appointed "Oberfaktor" and court Jew at the recommendation of Margrave Ludwig of Baden, the imperial general...
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History of banking (section Court Jew)
every duchy, principality, and palatinate in the Holy Roman Empire had a court Jew. In the southern German realm, two great banking families emerged in the...
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Supreme Court of Israel determined that Messianic Jews are not actually Jews as belief in Jesus as the Messiah is not a Jewish value. Instead, most Jews view...
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"Who is a Jew?" (Hebrew: מיהו יהודי pronounced [ˈmi(h)u je(h)uˈdi]) is a basic question about Jewish identity and considerations of Jewish self-identification...
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Jews' Court is a Jewish museum and Liberal Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Steep Hill in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, in the United Kingdom...
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for portraying a "Court Jew". Indeed, Cedar's fictional character 'Norman Oppenheimer' was inspired in part by the real life court Jew Joseph Süß Oppenheimer...
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Jewish hat (redirect from Jew Hat)
doorway. Judenkopf Groschen Judaism portal Fashion portal Conical hat Court Jew Dhimmi laws Ethnic segregation Fulani hat Ghetto, Melah List of hats and...
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Joseph Nasi (category Court Jews)
benefactor of the Jewish people. A court Jew, he was appointed lord of Tiberias, with the expressed aim of resettling Jews in Palestine and encouraging industry...
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The term useful Jew was used in various historical contexts, typically describing a Jew useful in implementing an official authority's policy, sometimes...
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philanthropist Josel of Rosheim, court Jew and Jewish advocate Paul Spiegel, leader of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Sidonie Werner (1860–1932)...
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Economic antisemitism (redirect from Jew down)
Throughout Europe, Jews filled the role of Court Jew for virtually every seat of nobility. However, some European leaders expelled Jews from their countries...
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Jacob Bassevi (category Court Jews)
1570, in Verona – 2 May 1634, in Mladá Boleslav, Bohemia) was a Bohemian Court Jew and financier. Bassevi, sometimes also written Baschevi, was a son of...
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Moses Benjamin Wulff (category Court Jews)
Moses Benjamin Wulff (1661–1729) was a Court Jew to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau, where he dealt in political administration and diplomatic affairs...
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The history of the Jews in Morocco goes back to ancient times. Moroccan Jews constitute an ancient community. Before the founding of the State of Israel...
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their growing state apparatus, the term "Court Jew" was used in some western European states. The court Jews were businessmen and bankers who received...
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Egyptian Jews, Iraqi Jews, Lebanese Jews, Kurdish Jews, Moroccan Jews, Libyan Jews, Syrian Jews, Bukharian Jews, Mountain Jews, Georgian Jews, Iranian Jews, Afghan...
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Shtadlan (category Court Jews)
approbation from the communities' governing Jewish religious authorities. Court Jew Crown rabbi Hakham Bashi Josel of Rosheim Landesrabbiner Mordecai Maisel...
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Leffmann Behrends (category Court Jews)
notably Ernest Augustus. He is considered "one of the most important court Jews in northern Germany". Leffmann Behrends' honorable position is lauded...
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Kornfeld Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698–1738), German Jewish banker and court Jew for Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg, subject of several creative works...
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Jakob Koppel Fränkel (category Court Jews)
Fränkel (1600 - April 17, 1670) was a wealthy Austrian-Jewish banker and court Jew. Jakob Koppel ha-Levy Fränkel was born in Höchstadt an der Aisch, Germany...
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Auerbach (Jewish family) (category Jews and Judaism in Kraków)
scholars, the progenitor of which was Moses Auerbach, born around 1462, court Jew to the bishop of Regensburg as of around 1497. One of his daughters, who...
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Jewish secularism (redirect from Non-religious Jew)
began to appear among the Ashkenazim of Central Europe when affluent court Jews entered Christian society. At the end of the 18th century, communal autonomy...
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