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ZAKHORIUM

Representative of German Jewry

Josel of Rosheim

Active

1543

He used imperial and municipal negotiation to defend privileges and resist expulsions.

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Josel of Rosheim represented German Jews before Maximilian I and Charles V. In 1543 Josel persuaded Strasbourg to ban reprinting Luther's anti-Jewish texts.