Posts Tagged: France antisemitism
Paris Councillor Calls for Stepped-Up Effort in Fight Against Antisemitism in France
The Paris councillor who last month pushed a determined resolution against antisemitism through the French capital's Regional Council called on Thursday for redoubled efforts to...
Antisemitic Scrawl on Wall in French Coastal Town Pokes Fun at Holocaust
In another sign of the increasing normalization of antisemitic discourse in France, residents of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin in the northwest of the country awoke on Wednesday to graffiti...
Leading French Intellectuals Urge Criminal Trial for ‘Antisemitic’ Killer of Sarah Halimi
Thirty-nine of France's leading intellectuals have signed an impassioned editorial in one of the country's leading newspapers calling for the killer of Sarah Halimi -- the...
On Second Anniversary of Sarah Halimi’s Murder, French Jewish Leader Calls for Killer to Face Trial for Antisemitic Crime
Two years after the antisemitic murder of the French Jewish pensioner Sarah Halimi in her Paris apartment, the head of the French Jewish community has issued...
‘Intolerable’: In Picturesque French Town, Local Jewish Politician Defies Antisemitic Daubings
Local politicians in the Loire region of central France rallied on Friday in support of a Jewish deputy mayor who was personally targeted by violently...
Leading African Historian Urges President Macron to ‘Save France’ From Revival of ‘Colonial and Antisemitic’ Past
One of Africa's leading historians has urged President Emmanuel Macron to "save France from itself" by confronting the rising antisemitism in the country head-on. In an open...
‘Yellow Vest’ Protester Who Showered French Jewish Intellectual With Antisemitic Abuse Will Go on Trial
One of the "yellow vest" protesters who assailed the French Jewish intellectual Alain Finkielraut with antisemitic abuse on a Paris street last weekend will go on...
‘Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism:’ French Parliamentarians Announce New Resolution Amid Rising Antagonism Toward Jewish Community
A group of parliamentarians in France will this week propose new legislation that will classify anti-Zionism as a form of antisemitism, and therefore a crime,...
French Jewish Leaders Decry ‘Wall of Indifference’ Surrounding Antisemitism, as Recorded Attacks Leap by 74%
The representative body of Jews in France called on Tuesday for French society to "break the wall of indifference that surrounds antisemitism," as figures published...
‘We Fled From Antisemitism’: French Jewish Woman Recalls Her Family’s 2017 Ordeal in Major TV Interview
A French Jewish woman has spoken in public for the first time about her family's harrowing experiences with antisemitism in the Paris neighborhood where they...
‘One of Them Urinated on the Wall of the Synagogue’: Jews in Strasbourg, France Outraged by Antisemitic Display During ‘Yellow Vest’ Protest
Anxious worshipers attending Shabbat services at the Great Synagogue in the French city of Strasbourg were regaled with antisemitic insults and slogans this weekend, during a...
After Legal Setback, French Jewish Student Vows Appeal in Antisemitic Bullying Case at Top Paris Medical School
A French Jewish student will continue her legal action against a leading Paris medical school where she said she experienced severe antisemitic harassment, despite the decision of...
‘I Can Only Feel Uncomfortable as a Jew’: Young European Jews Speak Out on Antisemitism Fears
Young European Jews have been speaking about their experiences of antisemitism after a CNN survey this week showed a rise in Jew-hatred, intolerance and ignorance...
French Interior Minister: ‘Government Fully Mobilized to Fight Against All Forms of Antisemitism’
JNS.org - "The government is fully mobilized to fight against all forms of antisemitic hatred and ensure the safety of Jews in France,” French Interior...
