Posts Tagged: French Jews
French Jews Blast Antisemitic Deluge on Twitter
Twitter has been engulfed in a wave of French anti-Semitic posts using the hashtag #unbonjuif, meaning "a good Jew" in French. The tweets were condemned by French...
French Minister Warns of “Hundreds” of Homegrown Islamist Terrorists
Following the arrest of a terror cell responsible for planning and executing a grenade attack on a Jewish store in Sarcelles, France, earlier this year,...
French President Hollande Promises Security Increase After Blanks Fired at Synagogue
France is boosting security at Jewish religious sites after blank bullets were fired on a synagogue west of Paris. French President Francois Hollande met Oct. 7...
Amid Anti-Semitism, Remembering France’s Granting of Full Rights to Jews
Sept. 27 marked the 221st anniversary of French Jews being granted equality under the law by the French National Assembly. This political decision...
Hollande to Host New York Reception on Yom Kippur, Jews Express Dismay
French Jews living in New York have expressed dismay and disappointment after being invited to a reception for French expats with President François Hollande scheduled to...
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...
Does AP stand for ‘Associated Propaganda’?
Associated Press told the story this way: "PARIS -- A small package bomb exploded inside a kosher grocery store in a Paris suburb Wednesday, wounding...
Anti-Semitic Attacks in France up 40% Since March, Month of Jewish School Shooting
French Jews have seen an uptick of 40 percent in anti-Semitic attacks since March, when Islamist terrorist Mohammed Merah killed three children and a rabbi...
French Police Investigate Nazi Death Camp Photos Sent to Rabbi
French police are on high alert in Lyon following a graphic letter and photographs that were sent to a local rabbi, including photos of Jewish...
Dr. Seuss and the Holocaust in France
Seventy years ago this week, 15-year-old Annie Kriegel was sitting in her Paris high school classroom, taking an exam, when her mother suddenly burst...
Hollande to Commemorate Seventieth Anniversary Of Vel d’Hiv Roundup
On July 22 the president of France Francoise Hollande will deliver a commemoration speech at the Paris site of the 1942 roundup of French Jews...
Anti-Semitic Incidents Up Over 50% in France in 2012
In the wake of the murder of Yonatan Sandler and three children at the Jewish Otzar Hatorah School in Toulouse three months ago, new...
Family of Radical Islamist Killer Sues French Police
The family of radical Islamist Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah, who killed three Jewish children and a rabbi at a school in Toulouse, France...
Anti-Semitism in Europe on the Rise
Three kippah-wearing men were brutally attacked by a group of ten men of North African origin on Saturday near Lyon, France. According to the...
