Isaac Bloch
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Isaac Bloch served as Chief Rabbi
Chief Rabbi
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 in Nancy, France
France
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. He contributed to the Jewish Encyclopedia
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,
having written 16 articles.

Bloch was a native of Alsace
Alsace
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. He served as a chaplain during the siege of Paris. For most of the 1880s he served as a rabbi in Algeria. He was appointed chief rabbi of Nancy in 1890.

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