Posts Tagged: French antisemitism
French Leader Decries Attacks on Jewish Schoolchildren as Police Search for Assailant Who Targeted 13-Year-Old Boy on Way to Synagogue
The leader of France’s Jewish community denounced what he called the “unbearable” situation of children victimized by antisemitism, the European Jewish Press (EJP) reported. Roger Cukierman...
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...
Antisemitism in 2016: Global Challenge Lacks a Global Strategy
JNS.org - Another week, another litany of ugly incidents targeting Jews, along with expressions of concern about rising antisemitism around the globe, and even the odd...
Antisemitic Student Becomes First Expelled From Major French University Since 1872
A student who posted rabidly antisemitic remarks on Facebook became the first to be expelled from the prestigious Science Po university in Paris since the institution was founded...
Marseilles Jewish Leader Defends Call to Hide Religious Accessories: ‘Human Life Trumps Political Correctness’
“Human life is sacrosanct,” said the president of the Jewish community in Marseilles on Wednesday in a Hebrew interview with the Israeli news site Walla. Rabbi...
The Jews and the ‘Ordinary Citizens’
After the terrorist attacks in Paris, French citizens living in the United States received a letter from Gerard Araud, France's ambassador in Washington. After expressing...
Jewish Leader Calls for Urgent Online Campaign to Combat Antisemitism in France (INTERVIEW)
A widespread online campaign to infiltrate social networks and disrupt a dialogue of antisemitism and Holocaust denial is necessary to stem the growing tide of...
Sarkozy: There Are Schools in France Where You Cannot Teach the Holocaust
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy told an audience in Israel on Monday that there exist schools in France where teachers cannot teach about the Holocaust. “It’s...
Report: France Scaling Back Security of Jewish Communities Though Attacks on the Rise
Although at least three antisemitic acts are committed daily against Jews in France, it appears French security has been scaling back efforts to protect the...
French Jew Says His House Was Torched by Antisemites
A man whose home was wrecked by a fire last week has claimed antisemites are behind the attack, French Jewish news website JSS News reported on...
French Jewish Woman Assaulted in Paris Suburb by 3 Men Shouting ‘Hitler Didn’t Finish His Work’
A French Jewish woman was assaulted by three men in an apparent antisemitic attack in the Paris suburb Sarcelles last Wednesday, the Algemeiner has learned. The...
Natalie Portman Says She Feels ‘Nervous’ as a Jew in Paris
With the rise of antisemitism in Europe, even Natalie Portman does not feel altogether comfortable living there. In an interview published by the Hollywood Reporter on...
40 Person Mob Assaults 2 Jews on Paris’ Boulevard Voltaire
Two Jewish residents of Paris were assaulted on the street by a gang of about 40 people on Friday, Israeli French JSS News reported, citing...
Window of Jewish Library Near Lyon Smashed by Antisemitic Assailant Yelling ‘We Will Get The Jews’
The window of a Jewish library in Villeurban, a suburb of the French city of Lyon, was smashed earlier today by an assailant wearing a...
