David Cazès (born 1851,

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, died 1913) was a

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educator and writer.

Early life

Sent to Paris in his early youth, he was educated by the Alliance Israélite Universelle, and at the age of eighteen was commissioned to establish and direct several primary schools in the East; namely, at Volos in

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(1869), at

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(1873), and at

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(Feb. 1878-1893). In each of these places he took part also in the organization of the Jewish communities. At Tunis especially the official organization of Judaism by the government of the French protectorate was his work. There he was founder and principal of several elementary schools. In 1893 he moved to

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, Argentina, serving as a member of the administrative committee of the colonization fund founded by Baron Maurice de Hirsch under the name of the ''

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''.

Career

In 1878 Cazès was appointed an officer of the Order of Nichan Iftikhar of Tunis. The French government in 1886 awarded him academic laurels, and in 1889 the rosette of Chevalier of the

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. Cazès was the author of the following works: ''Essai sur l'Histoire des Israélites de Tunisie'', Paris, 1889; and ''Notes Bibliographiques sur la Littérature Juives-Tunisienne'', Tunis, 1893, giving an exact picture of the literary life of the Jews of Tunis. He also contributed a large number of articles to the ''Revue des Etudes Juives'' and other Jewish periodicals.

Bibliography

*Joseph Tolédano, ''La Saga des Familles les Juifs du Maroc et Leurs Noms'', 1983

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cazes, David 19th-century Moroccan Jews Tunisian Jews Argentine people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Jewish Argentine writers People from Tétouan 1851 births 1913 deaths Moroccan emigrants to Tunisia Moroccan emigrants to Argentina Moroccan male writers