Isaïe Schwartz (15 January 1876, in

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– 1952, in

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) was the Great Rabbi of

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at the beginning of

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.Isaïe Schwartz, Grand Rabbin de France
. ''Le judaisme d'Alsace et de Lorraine''. Les Amis du Site Internet sur le Judaïsme Alsacien (ASIJA). Retrieved 2016-11-10.

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Chief rabbis of France Alsatian Jews People from Bas-Rhin 1876 births 1952 deaths 20th-century French rabbis {{France-rabbi-stub