[Year of first publication] 1835 [Character(s)] Eléazar, Rachel, his foster daughter [Work] La Juive [Creator] Fromental Halévy [Country of publication] France [Details] In "the only great opera written by a Jew about a Jew",[28] Eléazar is the Jewish father-figure of Rachel, the "Jewess" of the title, whom he had saved from the ruins of an estate when she was a baby and raised as his daughter. The opera became popular in France at a time when the theme of "The Jewess" and Jewish singers were popular.[29][30] [Media] 
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