Posts Tagged: France antisemitism
Antisemitic Acts Surge in France, Government Promises Action
Violence against Jews and other acts of antisemitism have surged in France in the past nine months, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Friday, promising...
French Police Investigating Violent Assaults on Two Young Jews in Paris in Single Week
Two separate assaults on Jewish teenagers in the Paris area during the last week are being investigated by police as hate crimes, French news outlets...
Shock as Antisemitic Vandal Targets Dean of Leading French Medical School
Students and faculty at one of France's leading medical schools have expressed shock at the discovery of antisemitic graffiti targeting the acting dean. The daubings were...
French Government Launches Ilan Halimi Award for Youth Projects Combating Antisemitism
France's Ministry of Culture has launched a new award for initiatives to combat antisemitism named in honor of Ilan Halimi -- the 23-year-old Parisian Jew...
Viciously Antisemitic Message Daubed on Paris Apartment Building’s Front Door
The residents of an apartment building in the fashionable 18th arrondissement of Paris awoke on Thursday morning to find viciously antisemitic slogans daubed on their...
‘We Will Fight and Win’ Battle Against Antisemitism in France, Chief Rabbi Pledges
The chief rabbi of France has pledged to "fight and win" the battle against rising antisemitism in the country, in a wide-ranging interview with France's...
Antisemitism in France Has Moved ‘From Streets Into Homes,’ Says Head of French Jewish Community
Antisemitism in France has moved "from the streets directly into the homes of Jewish people," the head of the country's 465,000-strong Jewish community told The...
French Jews Furious as New Obstacle Emerges to Future Trial of Jewish Pensioner’s Antisemitic Killer
France's Jewish community has reacted with fury to a panel of psychiatric experts' determination that the young man charged with the brutal murder of a...
Berlin Police Investigating Verbal Assault on Man Wearing Kippah as Antisemitic Hate Crime
Police in Berlin are treating the latest verbal assault on a man wearing a kippah as an antisemitic hate crime, German media outlets reported on Friday. The...
‘Fight, Fight and Fight Antisemitism,’ Israeli PM Netanyahu Encourages French Jews at Paris Meeting
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with French Jewish leaders in Paris on Tuesday morning, as he began the second day of a three-day European...
15 Years After Brutal Murder of Jewish DJ in Paris, French President Macron Recognizes It as Antisemitic Crime
Fifteen years after France's Jewish community was shell-shocked by the murder of a young Jewish musician whose killer proudly told relatives, "I killed a Jew!...
Mother of Suspect in Antisemitic Murder of Holocaust Survivor Mireille Knoll Arrested by French Police for Evidence Tampering
The mother of one of the two men currently being held by French police for the murder of 85-year-old Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll has been...
Top French Writer Pays Tribute to Slain Holocaust Survivor Mireille Knoll in Emotional Poem on National TV
One of France's most popular writers this week published a poem to commemorate Mireille Knoll -- the 85-year-old Holocaust survivor murdered in her Paris apartment on March...
French Police Reveal Details of Suspects Detained for Brutal Antisemitic Murder of Holocaust Survivor
One day after thousands of people marched in Paris in memory of Mireille Knoll -- the 85-year-old Holocaust survivor murdered in her Paris apartment on...
