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Rue des Juifs

Practical info

Type of location: Street

Rue des Juifs

Historical description

Blois

The Jewish presence in Blois seems to date from the end of the 10th century. But the city was infamous for the first anti-Semitic charge of ritual murder in 1171. About 40 Jews lived there then. Isaac Ben Eleazar was accused of having thrown a child in the Loire. ... Read more