Finally, a small number of Jews, never exceeding five hundred, livedin Paris during the eighteenth century. They had no recognized institu-tions, and the practice of their religion was only tolerated as of 1755.They lived under police surveillance and were subject to imprisonmentor expulsion if found without their special short-term passports.
This passage explains the scope of anti-Jewish sentiment in Paris and the wider anti-Jewish movement in France at the time. The Jewish people were essentially political prisoners in the country in which they made their residence.