Julienne Bloch

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]

Julienne Bloch
Born(1833-08-11)11 August 1833
Mutzig, Kingdom of France
Died12 November 1868(1868-11-12) (aged 35)
OccupationEducator, writer
LanguageFrench

Biography

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]

References

 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. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 254–255.

  1. Sartori, Eva Martin; Sartori, Jennifer (2009). "Julienne Bloch". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. Sartori, Eva Martin; Cottenet-Hage, Madeleine (2006). Daughters of Sarah: Anthology of Jewish Women Writing in French. Teaneck, N.J.: Holmes & Meier. ISBN 978-0-8419-1436-0. OCLC 62897625.
  3. Levi, Giuseppe Raffael; Pontremoli, Esdra, eds. (1855). "Pensionato di Damigelle Israelite; diretto dalla Damigella Julienne Bloch In Lione (Francia) Place Bellecour, W. 8". L'Educatore Israelita: Giornale di Letture per la Famiglie Israelitiche (in Italian). Vercelli. 3: 212–213.
  4. "Institution de jeunes demoiselles dirigée par Mlles Julienne et Pauline Bloch". L'Univers israélite: Journal des principes conservateurs du judaisme (in French). Paris. 17 (1): 47–48. September 1861.
  5. Remy, Nahida (1895). The Jewish Woman. Translated by Mannheimer, Louise. Cincinnati: C. J. Krehbiel & Company. pp. 224–225.
  6. "Souvenir de Julienne Bloch". L'Univers israélite: Journal des principes conservateurs du judaisme (in French). Paris. 25 (6): 173–176. November 1869.
  7. "Nécrologie: Julienne Bloch". L'Univers israélite: Journal des principes conservateurs du judaisme (in French). Paris. 24 (4): 149–151. December 1868.
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