pierre vavasseur of "le parisien" gave a top rating of three stars and compared the impression it left to that of "persepolis" by marjane satrapi. vavasseur called "the rabbi's cat" "a pure pleasure" and complimented it for its variation and colourfulness, as well as for how it tackles the subject of a divided society: "offsprings of voltaire, sfar and his cat don't stroke anyone with the hair, but throw as chefs together a broth of cultures with multiple flavours and with nurtured scenery."