Jewish involvement in gentile society had begun…
September 1791 CE
Haskalah, the Jewish movement supporting the adoption of enlightenment values, advocates an expansion of Jewish rights within European society.
Haskalah followers advocate "coming out of the ghetto," not just physically but also mentally and spiritually.
On September 28, 1791, revolutionary France becomes the second country of the world, after Poland five hundred years earlier, to emancipate its Jewish population.
The forty thousand Jews living in France at this time are the first to confront the opportunities and challenges offered by emancipation.
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