Posts Tagged: France Jews
France’s Marine Le Pen Says if Elected, She Will Ban Dual Citizenship, Including Among Those With Israeli Passports
JNS.org - In an interview with France 2 TV Thursday, France's far-right National Front party leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said that if elected,...
France: A Civilization Threatened Again?
Standing on the quiet cliffs overlooking the beaches of Normandy, it is hard to believe that 72 years ago, young heroic Allied soldiers disembarked their...
Nice Jewish Community to Hold Regular Shabbat Programs in Solidarity, Defiance After Terrorist Attack
Nice’s Jewish community will hold Shabbat activities in a spirit of solidarity and defiance after a terrorist killed scores of people in the city in southern France. A...
Rising Antisemitism in Paris Suburbs Forces Jews to Move Elsewhere in Country or Immigrate to Israel
Jews who have lived peacefully in the suburbs of Paris are now having to move to other parts of the country or head for Israel...
The French Initiative Is Pushing an Agenda Down Israel’s Throat
Imagine this news story: Last week, Israel convened representatives of 20 countries from across the world for an international conference to discuss what to do about...
New Comedic Film About Jews Being ‘Everywhere’ Pokes Fun at Antisemitism in France
Actress Charlotte Gainsbourg is to star in a provocative new comedy which parodies deep-rooted antisemitism in France, its director said Thursday. The Jews -- titled "They...
BBC Passover Documentary to Highlight Plight of French Jews Amid Rising Antisemitism
A BBC documentary scheduled to air during Passover will explore the plight of French Jewry. The program, Never Again: Fear and Faith in Paris, will examine “the decision of 8,000...
France: An Antisemitic Hell for Jews
In France, it is not just antisemitism from Muslim North Africans and Arabs from the Middle East that is haunting the Jewish community. In a...
Fig Leaves Won’t Protect French Jews
When a teenager claiming to act for Islamic State attacked a Jewish teacher with a machete in Marseille on January 11, Zvi Ammar, president of...
Dressing Jewish in Public — A Call to Arms
With antisemitisim arising in France, England, and in Europe as a whole, Jewish leaders have been debating the removal of the yarmulke (skullcap) in public. This...
How French Jews Should Respond to the Current Crisis
The problem for French Jews is a complex one, involving fear, security, identity, religious freedom of expression, the French policy of secularism, and courage. At...
France Unveils Archive Naming Nazi Collaborators Who Rounded Up Jews During Holocaust
Hidden details of France’s collaboration in the wartime Holocaust when tens of thousands of Jews were deported to their deaths are today publicly available for...
Record Number of French Jews Immigrated to Israel in 2015
A record number of French Jews moved to Israel this year, an immigration official said on Thursday, citing antisemitic violence and economic insecurity in the...
The World Refuses to Recognize the Truth About Anti-Jewish Terrorism
Last Saturday, an Orthodox French rabbi, his 19-year-old son and a friend were stabbed by an Arab man shouting antisemitic slurs and "Allahu akbar" outside...
