=Berne=, the Jews of, accused of well poisoning, =4=, 104-5. consuls of, spread the charge against the Jews, =4=, 105. =Bernhard=, treasurer of the Frankish empire, friendly to the Jews, =3=, 162. rebellion against, =3=, 166. =Bernstorff=, Danish minister, decides against Eibeschütz, =5=, 265. =Bernstorff=, deputy to the Congress of Vienna, favors the emancipation of the Jews, =5=, 519. on the emancipation of the Jews at Aix, =5=, 527. =Berr, Berr Isaac= (1744-1828), member of Malesherbes’ commission, =5=, 431. a representative French Jew, =5=, 436. delegate to the National Assembly, =5=, 438, 440. on the emancipation of the French Jews, =5=, 448-9. projects a French Bible translation, =5=, 449. son of, =5=, 460. deputy to the Assembly of Jewish Notables, =5=, 482. opposes Sabbath sessions, =5=, 486. candidate for the presidency, =5=, 487. answers the imperial commissioners, =5=, 490. =Berr, Cerf= (Herz Medelsheim, 1730-1793), representative of the Alsatian Jews, =5=, 351. character of, =5=, 430. services of, to the Alsatian Jews, =5=, 430, 431. services of, to the government, =5=, 430. draws Jews to Strasburg, =5=, 431. member of Malesherbes’ commission, =5=, 431. a representative French Jew, =5=, 436. accused of bribing, =5=, 447. culture of the family of, =5=, 476. brother-in-law of, =5=, 484. =Berr, Lipmann Cerf=, speaks in the Assembly of Jewish Notables, =5=, 487. =Berr, Michael= (1780-1843), first Jewish attorney in France, addresses the princes of Europe, =5=, 460. deputy to the Assembly of Jewish Notables, =5=, 482. a state officer in Westphalia, =5=, 500. member of the Westphalian Consistory, =5=, 501. addresses the Congress of Aix on the emancipation of the Jews, =5=, 527. =Berthold=, bishop of Strasburg, at the council of Benfelden, =4=, 107. =Bertinoro.= _See_ Obadiah di Bertinoro. =Bertolio=, abbé, favors the emancipation of the Jews, =5=, 445. =Bertrand=, cardinal-legate, forbids baptized children to return to Judaism, =3=, 514. =Berytus.= _See_ Beyrout. =Besht.= _See_ Israel of Miedziboz. =Bessarabia=, Frankists in, =5=, 283. =Bethany=, Jesus in, =2=, 160. the Synhedrion removed to, =2=, 240. suburb of Jerusalem, =2=, 292. =Bethar=, fortress, =2=, 414. Bar-Cochba retreats to, =2=, 416-17. legends about, =2=, 417. siege of, =2=, 417-19. fall of, =2=, 418-19. =Betharamata.= _See_ Beth-Ramatha. =Beth-Din=, name of the Synhedrion, =2=, 325.