Posts Tagged: France Jews
France Considers Banning Jewish Group That Staged Pro-Israel Rallies
AFP - France is considering disbanding a radical Jewish group whose members clashed with pro-Palestinian activists during rallies over Israel's offensive in Gaza, a source...
To Be a Jew in France Today
JNS.org - "Wie Gott in Frankreich leben"—"living like God in France"—was a popular Yiddish saying among Ashkenazi Jews for a long time. It suggested a...
Facebook Page Publishing Identities of French Jews to Encourage Attackers; 15 Men Assault a Jew in Paris Suburb After Confirming Photo (UPDATE)
A violent mob of more than a dozen men in France assaulted a Jew at his home in a Paris suburb after confirming that his...
What Awaits France’s Jews?
Mehdi Nemmouche, Mohamed Merah, Youssouf Fofana - these are the names of the recent murderers of Jews in France. Jews are in danger for their...
The Coming, Fearsome Test for French Jews
JNS.org - France has a rich Jewish history and a vibrant Jewish community of approximately 500,000 souls. At the same time, France is a...
French Anti-Semitism and French Aliyah Skyrocket on Parallel Tracks
JNS.org - Against the backdrop of studies revealing rising anti-Semitism both in France and across all of Europe, as well as one particularly brutal attack...
New Book Shows Rise of Terrifying Anti-Semitism in France (REVIEW)
"Ž Frédéric Haziza, a French Jewish reporter whose grandfather was murdered at Auschwitz, has been the butt of an anti-Semitic, Holocaust denying...
Birthright Expansion Includes Initiative for French Jews
JNS.org - Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett, chairman of the Taglit-Birthright Israel steering committee, on Thursday officially announced multiple measures aimed at increasing...
Anti-Semitism Links Boycott of Israel to Quenelle
JNS.org - About five years ago, I participated in a head-to-head debate about contemporary anti-Semitism that was published in the Congressional Quarterly. Facing off against...
The Reality of Anti-Semitism in Europe
JNS.org - WASHINGTON—The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has released its long-awaited survey of how European Jews perceive and experience anti-Semitism. The...
French Man Sentenced to Year in Prison for Making Threats Against Jewish School in Toulouse
JNS.org - A 20-year-old Frenchman was sentenced to one year in prison on Monday after making death threats by telephone to the Jewish school...
Advertising Merger Honors French Jewish Citizens
The recent merger of advertising firms Publicis and Omnicom commemorates the ascendency vision of Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, a French Jewish citizen who founded Publicis in 1926. "Marcel,"...
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...
France Inaugurates New Holocaust Memorial
A new memorial for the Jews who were sent to an internment camp during the Holocaust by the Nazi-collaborating French Vichy regime was...
