''Communauté Juive Libérale'' d'Île-de-France (; abbreviated as CJL) is a

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congregation with a

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, located in a ''Maison du judaïsme'' at 11 rue Moufle, in the ''XIe Arrondissement'' of

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. The community is led by

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Pauline Bebe, the first (and, until 2007, the only) woman rabbi in France. The community is affiliated with the

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Reform Judaism in France

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''Consistoire''. The ''Consistoire'' was founded in 1808 after the French Revolution, when the Jews of France were granted civil rights under the direction of

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, whose goal was to make mainstream Frenchmen out of the Jewish people.

Communal facilities

From 1995 to 2006, the CJL's home was in the ''XVIIIe arrondissement'', at 6, rue Pierre Ginier. The congregation originally resembled a ''

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'', and was located in a small apartment. Since May 2006 the CJL have a new home, La ''Maison du judaïsme'', in the ''XIe arrondissement''. The ''Maison du judaïsme'' consists of a multi-purpose complex center with a synagogue, a theater, an art exhibit and a library, as well as classrooms and offices. It also has a cultural organization called NITSA. , the CJL congregation consisted of more than 400 households, and about 100 children regularly go to the

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Reform Judaism in France

Communal facilities

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