=Bostanaï=, Exilarch, restores the office to power, =3=, 10. recognized as chief of the Jews, =3=, 89. marries a daughter of Chosru, =3=, 89. vassal of the Mahometans, =3=, 89. permitted to wear a signet ring, =3=, 89-90. dissensions among the sons of, =3=, 91. descendants of, and the college presidents, =3=, 91. descendants of, inherit the Exilarchate, =3=, 94. Sherira a descendant of, =3=, 232. line of, described in Sherira’s “Letter,” =3=, 233. =Bostra=, birthplace of Simon ben Lakish, =2=, 495. =Botarel, Moses.= _See_ Moses Botarel. =Bourbon dynasty=, the, restored to the French throne, =5=, 512, 596. =Bourges=, the archbishop of, anti-Jewish sentiments of, =3=, 171. “=Bow and Buckler=,” polemic by Simon ben Zemach Duran, =4=, 238. =Brabant=, soldiers of, enlisted against the Hussites, =4=, 225. =Brahe, Tycho=, astronomer, and David Gans, =4=, 638. =Brancas=, duke of, given the Jews of Metz, =5=, 348, 446. =Brandenburg=, the Mark of, Jews settle in, =5=, 173-4. =Brandenburg, the Mark of, the Jews of=, accused of host-desecration, =4=, 439-40. charged with child murder, =4=, 440. burnt, =4=, 440. threatened with expulsion, =4=, 652. =Bray=, the Jews of, suffer martyrdom, =3=, 404. =Brazil=, Paul de Pina in, =4=, 670. the Jewish community in, =4=, 693-4. =Breidenbach, Wolff= (1751-1829), interested in the abolition of the poll-tax, =5=, 467, 468, 472. =Bremen=, Jews admitted into, =5=, 507. =Bremen, the Jews of=, threatened with banishment, =5=, 512. banished, =5=, 520. =Brendel=, professor, attacked for defending the Jews, =5=, 528. =Brentano=, representative of the romantic school, =5=, 515. =Breslau=, the clergy of, upbraided by John of Capistrano, =4=, 260-1. Chayon at, =5=, 218. anti-Jewish pamphlets published in, =5=, 470. rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, =5=, 571. the Hamburg reforms adopted in, =5=, 573. a German-Jewish church in, =5=, 682. a Jewish seminary at, =5=, 699, 700. =Breslau, the Jews of=, during the Black Death persecutions, =4=, 109-10. engaged in money-lending, =4=, 260. charged with host-desecration, =4=, 261. tortured, =4=, 261. burnt or banished, =4=, 262-3. join the “Society of Friends,” =5=, 418. apostasy among, =5=, 420. =Bresselau, Mendel J.=, Hebrew style of, =5=, 398. establishes a society and a journal, =5=, 398, 399. compiles a liturgy, =5=, 564. scourges the orthodox party, =5=, 572. secretary of the Reform Temple Union, =5=, 672. =Bretagne=, the Jews of, under Henry II, =3=, 409. “=Bridle= for the Jews, The,” by Raymund Martin, =3=, 622. =Brieli, Jehuda Leon= (1643-1722), rabbi of Mantua, innovations of, =5=, 200. opponent of the Kabbala, =5=, 200. opposes Chayon, =5=, 225. =Bristol=, a Jew of, tortured by King John, =3=, 505.