Where is the Real Jewish Quarter in Paris?
Jews have lived in Paris since late antiquity, on and off between various expulsions, but their numbers remained small until the late 19th century. But where is the real Jewish quarter in Paris today?
Between 1870 and 1939, however, the number of Jews living in the French capital shot up from 6,000 to about 200,000, making Paris the third largest Jewish city in the world (behind Warsaw and New York).
What had happened?