Isaac Bloch

French rabbi
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IntroFrench rabbi
PlacesFrance
wasRabbi
Work fieldReligion
Gender
Male
Religion:Judaism
Birth17 July 1848, Soultz-Haut-Rhin, France
Death13 February 1925 (aged 76 years)
Star signCancer
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Biography

Isaac Bloch (1848–1925) served as Chief Rabbi in Nancy, France. He wrote 16 articles for the Jewish Encyclopedia.

Bloch was a native of Alsace. He served as a chaplain during the siege of Paris. For most of the 1880s he served as a rabbi in Algeria. He was appointed chief rabbi of Nancy in 1890.

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