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Cerfbeer
Cerfbeer, Cerf Beer or Cerfberr is a French-language Jewish surname derived from the names Cerf and Beer. Notable people with this surname include the following: * Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim (or Cerf Beer), otherwise Naphtali Ben Dov-Beer (1730–1793), Alsatian-French Jewish philanthropist * Samson Cerfberr of Medelsheim Samson Cerfberr of Medelsheim (born at Strasburg about 1780; committed suicide at Paris, 1826) was a French soldier and author. Life A French Jew and relative of Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim, he was born in Strasbourg, France, and held office ... ( – 1826), Alsatian-French Jewish soldier and author * Frédéric Cerfberr (1786–1842), Alsatian-French Jewish diplomat * Max-Théodore Cerfbeer (1792–1876), French Jewish military officer * Maximilien Charles Alphonse Cerfberr of Medelsheim (1817–1883), French Jewish journalist, writer * Auguste Édouard Cerfberr (1811–1858), French Jewish author * Anatole Cerfberr (1835–1896), French Jewish journa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herz Cerfbeer Of Medelsheim
Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim (german: Herz Cerf Beer von Medelsheim, born yi, נַפְתָּלִי(־הערץ) בֶּן דּוֹב־בּער ''Naphtali Ben Dov-Beer'', 1730 – December 7, 1793) was a French Jewish philanthropist. He was a contractor to the army, and employed his wealth and his influence with the French government in promoting the material and spiritual welfare of his coreligionists. The government permitted him to settle at Strasburg, in opposition to the wishes of the authorities of that city, who zealously enforced the law excluding Jews. Cerfbeer protected all Jews who were willing to earn a livelihood by manual labor. As soon as he had received (in 1775) from Louis XVI the patent granting him the rights of citizenship "for services rendered by him to the government and to the land during the famine of 1770 and 1771," Cerfbeer established factories, where he employed Jews, in order to withdraw them from petty trading, and also to deprive their accusers of all e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |