Astruc family

The Astruc family are a Sephardic Jewish family from Avignon, France. The family has produced serval Rabbis, physicians, journalists, and Talmudists who have been prominent throughout France. The founder of the modern family is Israel bar Joshua Astruc who in 1666 moved his family to Bordeaux, France, were they reside today.[1][2]

Astruc family
משפחת אסטרוק
CountryKingdom of France
EtymologyAstruc was a common name amongst Jews in France, Astruc meaning "happy" in Catalan.
Place of originAvignon, France
Founded1660 (1660)
FounderIsrael bar Joshua Astruc
MembersIsrael bar Joshua Astruc

Jean Astruc

Élie-Aristide Astruc

Gabriel Astruc
TraditionsJewish (Sefard)

Members

  1. Israel bar Joshua Astruc – French Rabbi.
  2. Jean Astruc – French professor of Medicine, those family converted to Catholicism.
  3. Élie-Aristide Astruc – Grand Rabbi of Belgium.
  4. Gabriel Astruc – French journalist.
  5. Alexandre Astruc - French film critic.

References

  1. "ASTRUC". jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. Bethencourt, L. Cardozo de (1895). Notes historiques et généalogiques sur la famille Astruc (Comtat – Guienne – Paris) ... (in French). Société anonyme de l'imprimerie Kugelmann.
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