Rapport du commissaire principal du service des renseignements généraux au préfet, au sujet du grand rabbi, Jais, Constantine, 8 juin 1942
Description
This document indicates that Chief Rabbi Jais gave the following watchword to his community: “Forbid your wives, your sisters and your daughters to go out adorned with many jewels as they are used to. We are spied on and criticized by the French and the Muslims…it is not proper to display wealth at a time when there is so much misery”.