Posts Tagged: French Jews
Antisemitic Acts in France Went Up by 1,100% Immediately After October 7
SPCJ, France's society to protect Jews, issued a report on the massive increase in antisemitism in that country after October 7. The total number of antisemitic...
French Jewish Organization Rejects Far Right Party’s Participation in March Against Antisemitism
The umbrella organization representing France's Jewish community of 450,000 has added its voice to the controversy over the participation of a far right party in...
‘Jew Thief:’ French Cops Release Man Detained for Antisemitic Vandalism of Kosher Restaurant
A man arrested by French police for the vandalism of a kosher restaurant in Paris on Saturday was released from custody on Monday morning, according...
Some Jews Do Believe They Have a Strong Future in France
For Jews, France has always been a country of paradoxes. On one hand, it freed them from Europe’s historic bondage of religious and cultural oppression....
European Jewish Leaders Urge Investigation Into Reported Murder of French Jewish Man in Paris Suburb
European Jewish organizations along with French Jewish community leaders are urging authorities to investigate the alleged murder of a Jewish man in a suburb of...
The Ongoing, Alarming Rise of Antisemitism Is Terrorizing Jews in Europe
February 13 was an ominous anniversary. Sixteen years have now passed since the murder of Ilan Halimi, the young, Jewish French cellphone salesman. On February...
Eric Zemmour, Antisemitism, and the New York Times’ ‘Paper Pogrom’
Mitchell Abidor and Miguel Lago’s Dec. 2 New York Times opinion essay attacking French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour as a racist is an especially remarkable...
What the World’s Jews Owe to Napoleon
It's been 200 years since French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte died, at 51 years old, on the British island of Saint Helena, where he was held...
No Justice for Jews in France
For better or for worse, Jews are instinctively guided by memory. The Torah embedded Zachor in our national DNA 3,000 years ago in Egypt, and...
Sarah Halimi Atrocity — There Is No Law Without Justice
In a democracy worthy of the name, the mentally invalid are not judged. But in a true democracy, one is criminally irresponsible if they, by...
Jewish Schools, Synagogues Closed in French City of Nice Following Terrorist Murder Spree at Church
Jewish schools and synagogues in Nice remained closed on Friday as a precautionary measure following this week's shocking Islamist terrorist attack at a Catholic church...
‘Hitler Was Right,’ ‘Free Palestine,’ Among Antisemitic Slogans Daubed on Kosher Burger Joint in Paris
A kosher restaurant in Paris was destroyed overnight on Thursday by vandals who sprayed Nazi swastikas and antisemitic slogans including "Hitler was right" and "Free...
French Jewish Man Verbally Abused, Badly Beaten Up in Paris Elevator in Antisemitic Assault
An antisemitism monitoring organization in Paris has disclosed that a young Jewish man was badly beaten up last Thursday in the building where his parents...
Leading European Jewish Groups Outraged Over Shouts of ‘Dirty Jew’ at Anti-Racism Protest in Paris
Leading European Jewish organizations and personalities expressed outrage on Sunday after video emerged of ostensibly anti-racism protesters in Paris shouting antisemitic slurs. The video from a...