=Germany, rabbis of=, in sympathy with Solomon Petit, =3=, 627. insignificance of, =4=, 133. willing to excommunicate Luzzatto, =5=, 241. oppose the Reform movement, =5=, 571. protest against the Brunswick rabbinical conference, =5=, 682. =Germany, North=, the Jews of, few in number, =4=, 111. the Protestant Reformation in, =4=, 469. Jews tolerated in the towns of, =4=, 686. =Germany, South, the Jews of=, charged with the blood accusation, =4=, 227. attacked by Lutheran peasants, =4=, 542. =Germany, Young=, the creation of Börne and Heine, =5=, 556. compelled to advocate Jewish emancipation, =5=, 602. =Gerona=, Serachya Halevi Gerundi persecuted by the Jews of, =3=, 389. home of the Kabbala, =3=, 556; =4=, 1. the Jews of, persecuted, =4=, 172. =Geronimo de Santa Fé.= _See_ Joshua ben Joseph Ibn-Vives Allorqui. =Gerrick=, commissioner of Louis the Pious to Agobard, =3=, 166. =Gershom ben Jehuda= (960-1028), disciple of Leontin, founds a Talmud school at Mayence, =3=, 242, 243. writes commentaries on the Talmud, =3=, 243-4. authority of, =3=, 244, 245. studies the Massora, =3=, 244. forbids polygamy, =3=, 244. regulates the carrying of letters, =3=, 244-5. penitential hymns by, =3=, 246. son of, an apostate, =3=, 246. protects repentant apostates, =3=, 246. memory of, perpetuated by the Mayence community, =3=, 247. consults Haï Gaon, =3=, 252. introduces Talmud study in France and Germany, =3=, 281. Talmudical work of, supplanted by Rashi’s, =3=, 288. abrogation of the polygamy ordinance of, =3=, 378. =Gerson, Christian=, vilifies the Talmud, =5=, 181. =Gersonides.= _See_ Levi ben Gerson. =Gerundi.= _See_ En-Vidal Ephraim; Jacob ben Sheshet; Jonah ben Abraham; Nissim; Serachya Halevi. =Gerville, Cahier de=, favors the emancipation of the Jews, =5=, 444-5. =Gesenius=, exegete, =5=, 623, 695. =Gesereth ha-Roïm.= _See_ Pastoureaux. =Gesereth Mezoraim=, the persecution caused by lepers in France, =4=, 57-8. =Ghassanids=, the, Arab tribe, =3=, 67, 68. =Ghatafan=, the, Arab tribe, induced to make war upon Mahomet, =3=, 79. distrustful of their allies, =3=, 80. promise help to the Jews of Chaibar, =3=, 82. =Ghazati.= _See_ Nathan Benjamin Levi. =Ghent=, the Jews of, expelled, =4=, 662. =Ghetto=, Venetian Jew quarter, the first in Italy, =4=, 408. _See_ Jew’s quarter. =Ghinucci, Geronimo de=, cardinal, and the Portuguese Inquisition, =4=, 507, 516, 520. =Ghirondi=, rabbi of Padua, scholar, =5=, 622. =Ghuzz=, Turkish tribe, allied with the Jews of Khorasan, =3=, 434. =Gibbethon=, Danite city, occupied by the Philistines, =1=, 189. attacked by Elah’s army, =1=, 192. Omri chosen king at, =1=, 192.