When the invitation to contribute to a forum on the topic of “French Jewish Studies” in JQR 113.1 first appeared in my inbox from JQR, my immediate reaction was that I didn’t want my schola

JQR 113.1 is now available, online* and in print. 

In this issue:

In 1832, an antisemitic scandal shook France to its core. In the spring of that year, the Bourbon royal family—ousted by yet another revolution—was moldering in exile when its most glamorous member, the duchesse de Berry, hatched a plot to reclaim the throne for her 11-year-old son. Surrounded by a band of young nobles willing to die for the royalist cause, the duchess landed on the coast of France in May.