Posts Tagged: French Jewry
40 Headstones at French Jewish Cemetery Smashed, Toppled
Forty of the 50 headstones at an 18th-century Jewish cemetery in France were smashed or toppled. A passer-by noticed the vandalism earlier this week at the cemetery...
Report: Amid Rising Antisemitism, Secular Jewish Families in France Increasingly Transferring Children to Religious Schools
Amid rising antisemitism, secular Jews in France are increasingly taking their children out of the public school system and sending them to private Jewish institutions,...
French Teen Jailed For Machete Attack on Jewish Teacher
A teenager who attacked a Jewish teacher in France with a machete was sentenced to seven years in jail on Thursday by a French juvenile...
Outrage Over Special Labeling for French Passports of Jews on Aliyah; Residence Listed as ‘Israel/Palestinian Territories’
Prominent Jews expressed outrage this week over new French Foreign Ministry “software” that lists the residency of French citizens who made aliyah as “Israel/Palestinian Territories”...
Christian-Jewish Group Sends Emergency Aid to French Jewry, Pledges Aliyah Support
JNS.org - Following Friday’s Islamist terror attacks that killed at least 132 people, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews said Sunday that it is providing immediate...
Jewish Journalist Abused, Cursed Walking the Streets of Paris With Hidden Camera
Daily Mail - A journalist decided to test how safe the streets of Paris are for Jews - by wearing a religious skullcap and filming...
Israeli Ambassador to US Predicts Major Rise in French Jewish Immigration to Israel
Israel's ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer, told MSNBC on Wednesday that, due to rampant antisemitic attacks, capped by last Friday's terror shooting which killed...
To Some French Muslims, ‘Magical Jews’ Masterminded Paris Terror Spree
In a telling example of the perverse ability of anti-Semites to blame Jews and Israelis for - literally - almost anything, a group...
Israeli Minister Lauds ‘Heroic’ Yohan Cohen, Paris Terror Victim Slain Trying to Rescue Toddler (VIDEO)
Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday described as "heroic" the attempt by 22-year-old Yohan Cohen to protect a toddler and thwart the terror...
‘Brokenhearted’ Nation Buries French Terror Victims in Jerusalem, Netanyahu Assails Islamists as ‘Enemies of Humanity’
The four Jewish victims of last Friday's terror siege in a Paris kosher supermarket were laid to rest in Jerusalem on Tuesday at a state...
Paris Terror Attack Victim’s Grieving Widow: ‘They Have Taken My Other Half’ (VIDEO)
Valerie Braham, who lost her husband, Philippe, in Friday's terror siege at a Paris kosher market, told Israel's Ch. 2 News on Sunday that her first inkling...
‘The Blood of Their Brothers Was Spilled Like Water:’ Jewish Victim Recovery Team Recalls Horrific Scene at Paris Market
An Israeli medical team that specializes in gathering the remains of murdered victims of terrorist attacks has described the traumatic scene that awaited them...
Satirists and Terrorists
They say that there is a thin line between tragedy and comedy, but no one was prepared for the tragic slaughter of a team of...
Paris Chief Rabbi: French Jewry is Reeling From String of Anti-Semitic Attacks
After a month of assaults in France against Jewish targets, including a brutal rape during a home invasion, and shooting attacks against synagogues and...
