École Rabbinique de Paris (Séminaire israélite de France — ancienne dénomination)

An institution founded in 1829 in Metz under Napoleon and subsequently transferred to Paris, constituting the principal rabbinical training institution of French consistorial Judaism. It trained virtually all the rabbis of France, Algeria, and numerous French-speaking communities. Rabbi Zadoc Kahn was one of its emblematic directors in the nineteenth century. Distinct from the Séminaire israélite de France re-established in the twentieth century, it embodies the tradition of consistorial Judaism.

Sources & resources

• Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan