Posts Tagged: French Jews
France’s Reputation Is at Stake Again Over the Murder of Sarah Halimi
JNS.org - For the second time in 20 years, France basked in the accomplishment of winning the World Cup with a team whose diverse backgrounds...
Are the Jews of France Doomed?
Nice, France -- I was getting out of our car with my wife and children on a main thoroughfare in Nice when a young French-Jewish...
A Double Whammy for the Jews of France
JNS.org - The sun may be shining, but these are dark days for the Jews of France -- as they have sustained a double whammy. The...
French Court Convicts Antisemitic Gang for Brutal Robbery, Rape of Jewish Couple in 2014
Three members of an antisemitic gang who robbed a young Jewish couple in Paris in 2014, and raped their female victim during the ordeal, have been...
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Simone Veil, Emmanuel Macron, and the Panthéon
For those who are old enough to have lived through both events, the comparison was undoubtedly remarkable: the induction of Simone Veil in France’s Panthéon,...
Calling President Trump: We Need Our Antisemitism Monitor More Than Ever
Two members of the US House of Representatives sent the below open letter to President Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo. To: Mike Pompeo From: Nita Lowey,...
French Jews Spend Another Passover Under Antisemitism’s Shadow
JNS.org - This year, as last, the Jewish community in France will spend Passover in the shadow of the brutal murder of a vulnerable, elderly Jewish...
France Must March for Mireille Knoll, Our Assassinated Grandmother
Mireille Knoll was 85 years old. Born in 1932 in Paris, she owed her life to a miracle, managing to escape the Vel d’Hiv roundup...
Macron to Jews: France Will Fight Antisemitism, But Not Recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
JNS.org - French President Emmanuel Macron told an audience on Wednesday that he would fight antisemitism online and in the streets of France in order to...
France Denies Targeting Jews for Tax Evasion With Secretive Investigative Department
JNS.org - The French government has denied a controversial report regarding a secretive department within the French Finance Ministry that allegedly targets Jews for tax evasion. France’s General...
France’s Greatest Composer — Georges Bizet — Was Jewish
Few operas are performed more than Georges Bizet’s Carmen; none are better loved. It was his magnum opus and a glimpse of the direction that music...
Thankful for Liberation From Nazis, French-Jewish Holocaust Survivor Donates $1 Million to Help US Military Veterans
A French-Jewish Holocaust survivor is donating $1 million to help US military veterans, the Sun-Sentinel reported on Wednesday. A ten-year-old Bernard Darty was hiding from the...
Why Did France Turn a Blind Eye to the Murder of Sarah Halimi?
Five months ago, on April 4, a 65-year-old Orthodox Jewish woman named Lucette Attal-Halimi and known by her Hebrew name -- Sarah Halimi -- was attacked in the middle of...
French Jews Demand Extradition of Suspects in Deadly 1982 Paris Deli Terror Attack
Thirty-five years after a deadly terrorist attack at a Jewish deli in Paris, French Jews are calling for the three suspects still at large to...
