Julienne Bloch | |
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Born | Mutzig, Kingdom of France | 11 August 1833
Died | 12 November 1868 | (aged 35)
Occupation | Educator, writer |
Language | French |
Julienne Bloch (11 August 1833 – 12 November 1868) was a French educator and writer. She was one of the earliest published Jewish women writers in France. [1]
Bloch was the eldest daughter of Simon Bloch (1810–1879), founder and editor of the journal L'univers israélite. [2] She received a teaching license at the age of sixteen, and devoted herself to Jewish education. For two years, when she was about twenty-five years of age, she directed the institution for young girls at Lyons, founded by the local Jewish community. [3] Afterwards she co-directed the establishment of her sister Pauline Pereira in Paris. [4]
From June 1854 to August 1861, Bloch published a series of articles in her father's paper under the title "Lettres d'une Parisienne." [5] These articles provided complex analyses of French society, the role of women in Judaism, and the dangers of Jewish assimilation. [1] In a series of letters to Eugène de Mirecourt, she criticized the writer's negative descriptions of well-known Jews. [6]
She died of tuberculosis on 12 November 1868, at the age of 35. [1] [7]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; Schwab, Moïse (1902). "Bloch, Julienne". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 254–255.