Posts Tagged: France Jewish community
Sarah Halimi, Sisyphus and the Denial of Antisemitic Violence
JNS.org -- It took too long for the French people to recognize the Jewish victim of a brutal April 4 murder by name. After weeks...
Jewish Brothers Abducted, Attacked With Wood Saw in Paris Suburb
Two French Jewish brothers were briefly abducted and abused by a group of men in a Paris suburb in an incident that ended with the...
French Jewish Woman Injured in Nice Attack Dies, Sister Still in Critical Condition
A Jewish woman who was badly injured in Nice on Thursday night when an armed truck driver plowed into a crowd has reportedly died of...
Marseille Synagogue to Become Mosque as More Jews Leave French City
A Marseille synagogue will be converted into a mosque as the Jewish population in the southern French city continues to dwindle, Newsweek reported on Wednesday. The Muslim...
Remembering Ilan Halimi, 10 Years Later: Jewish Lives Matter
JNS.org - In his preface to a recent publication from Fathom, a British magazine covering the Middle East, British lawyer and antisemitism expert Anthony Julius — always...
Hanukkah in Paris: A Time to Celebrate Life, Express Unity and Be Proud
JNS.org - What do Jan. 7 and 9, 2016, mean to you? Unless these dates have some personal significance to we who live in the relative security...
Amid Attacks, Christian-Jewish Aid Group Exploring Ways to Help French Jews Make Aliyah
JNS.org - In the wake of Islamist terror attacks that killed a combined 16 people at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a kosher supermarket...
French-Jewish Umbrella: Recognizing ‘Palestine’ May Stoke Anti-Semitism
JNS.org - CRIF, the umbrella group representing France's Jewish community, issued a statement suggesting that the French government's upcoming vote on Palestinian statehood would...
Jewish Group Calls on French Interior Minister to Rename ‘Death to the Jews’ Town
Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center demanded on Monday that a French village officially called 'La Mort Aux Juids' ('Death to the Jews')...
French Online Platforms Overflow With Hate Over Israeli Operation in Gaza
Yahoo/AFP - The deadly Israeli offensive in Gaza has let loose an unprecedented wave of hate on media websites and social networks in France that...
Hundreds of French Jewish Immigrants Arrive in Israel
Two special flights arrived at Israel's Ben Gurion airport on Wednesday, carrying 430 French Jewish immigrants leaving Paris and its suburbs. The flights, organized by the...
EXCLUSIVE: ‘We are Not Afraid’ Says Mother of Jewish Brothers Brutally Beaten Outside Paris Synagogue
The mother of two Jewish brothers, who are recovering after being severely beaten on Saturday night outside of a Paris synagogue, told The Algemeiner on Thursday...
BBC Report: French Jews Are ‘Afraid to be Jewish’ (VIDEO)
An increasing number of French Jews are moving to Israel because they are "afraid to be Jewish" in France, BBC News reported. "It's not just the...
French Jewish Leader: “The Number of Anti-Semitic Acts Has Exploded”
France saw an increase of 58 percent in anti-Semitic incidents in 2012 compared to the previous year, according to a report released Tuesday by the...
