Posts Tagged: CRIF
Murdered French Jewish Holocaust Survivor Remembered on Two-Year Anniversary of Death
Jewish groups around the world marked on Monday the two-year anniversary of the antisemitic killing of Mireille Knoll -- an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor who was...
Victims of Paris Kosher Supermarket Attack Remembered, Five Years Later
Thursday marked the fifth anniversary of a deadly terror attack at a kosher supermarket in Paris. On the afternoon of Jan. 9, 2015, shortly before the...
Top French Jewish Organization Rips Far-Left Party Leader Mélenchon After Politician Says Corbyn Should Not Have Apologized for Antisemitism
France’s top Jewish organization slammed a leading left-wing politician over the weekend after he made remarks widely viewed as antisemitic. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the La...
Elderly Woman Suffers Serious Head Injury From Metal Object Thrown at Her Outside Synagogue in Paris
A 79-year-old woman was seriously injured on Tuesday when she was hit in the head by a metal object thrown at her as she exited...
French Jews Furious as Notorious Antisemite Dodges Jail Time for Holocaust Denial
French Jews reacted with fury on Tuesday after the Paris public prosecutor overturned a historic decision reached last month to sentence one of the country's most...
Jewish Groups Welcome Paris Restaurant’s Suspension of Staff Photographed Making Antisemitic ‘Quenelle’ Salute
Jewish groups are welcoming the move by a famous Paris restaurant to suspend staff members who were recently photographed making a notorious antisemitic gesture. The incident...
French Justice Minister Shuns Paris Awards Ceremony for Controversial Far-Left Israeli, Palestinian NGOs
French Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet did not attend a ceremony in Paris on Monday where her country’s Human Rights Award was given to the far-left...
Top American, French Jewish Groups Voice Concern Over Entry of Far-Right Party Into New Austrian Government
A prominent American Jewish leader voiced criticism on Sunday of the coalition deal reached between Austrian Chancellor-elect Sebastian Kurz’s conservative People’s Party and the far-right Freedom...
French Jews Demand Extradition of Suspects in Deadly 1982 Paris Deli Terror Attack
Thirty-five years after a deadly terrorist attack at a Jewish deli in Paris, French Jews are calling for the three suspects still at large to...
French Jews Fear Extremists on Right and Left, But Have No Favorite in Sunday’s First Round of Presidential Election
French Jews are apprehensive and have no favorite candidate among the 11 running in the first round of their country’s presidential election on Sunday, a...
Head of French Umbrella Group Complains to U of Pau Over Professor’s ‘Latest Racist Frenzy’ Against Jews
The head of France’s Jewish umbrella organization complained to the University of Pau about one of its faculty members, who blogged that the Jews have been...
French Jews Decry ‘Anti-Israel’ Paris Peace Summit
French Jews decried Sunday’s Mideast peace summit in Paris, attended by diplomats from more than 70 countries, on the grounds that it encouraged Palestinian intransigence...
‘The Law of the Land Is the Law,’ Say French-Jewish Leaders Defending Controversial Burkini Ban
Many Jewish leaders in France support the recently imposed -- and subsequently overruled -- ban on burkinis, the Hebrew newspaper Makor Rishon reported on Sunday. According to...
French Jewish Official: Jewish Parents Pulling Children Out of Public Schools to Protect Them From Muslims (VIDEO)
The number of Jews enrolled in France’s public school system has decreased significantly as parents seek to protect their children from Muslim students, a French...
