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Jew of Lorraine
Sébastien Leclerc
1664
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Sébastien Leclerc is considered one of the best French artists of the seventeenth century, admired particularly for his skill in composition. Born in Metz, France, he moved to Paris in 1654. Leclerc joined the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1672 and taught perspective there. He was appointed Royal Engraver by Louis XIV. He also worked as a technical draftsman and military engineer.
[ . . . ] [A]n Ashkenazic sage came to Ṣanʿāʾ in the time of Sar Shalom al-ʿIrāqī (d. 1780) . . . and stayed at his house and ate at his table. Fearing for the Ashkenazi’s life, Sar Shalom told him…
The best of the Western Jews have gradually become used to talking about the existence of a Jewish people as if it were a logical and historically proven fact.
But they have not yet arrived at the…