Adult Education

Napoleon and the Jews

Napoleon enacted laws to emancipate the Jews in France and the countries he conquered. He overrode old laws restricting Jews  to reside in Ghettos as well as lifting laws that limited Jews’ rights to own property. worship, and certain occupations.  But he did have a downside by restricting the Jewish practice of money lending and restricting the regions to which Jews could migrate. Please come and hear all the interesting facts.