Posts Tagged: Sarah Halimi
The Mireille Knoll Murder Trial: Will France Deliver Justice This Time?
JNS.org - Under different circumstances, it might have been the stuff of a modern fairy tale with two principal characters. The story of a Jewish...
‘How Could They Have Murdered This Angel?’: Son of Murdered Holocaust Survivor Mireille Knoll Delivers Impassioned Testimony at Trial of Accused Antisemitic Killers
Relatives and friends of Mireille Knoll — the 85-year-old French Holocaust survivor robbed and stabbed to death in a brutal antisemitic assault in 2018 —...
Paris Cops Could Have Prevented Antisemitic Murder of Sarah Halimi, Didn’t Act, French Parliamentary Inquiry Is Told
French police were in a position to prevent the brutal antisemitic murder of a Jewish woman in her Paris apartment in April 2017 but failed...
French Court Acquits Imam of Incitement for Sermon That Cited Hadith Urging Muslim Violence Against Jews
A French court has acquitted an imam in the city of Toulouse of incitement to racial hatred for a sermon he gave in 2017 that...
Antisemitic Gang Who Assaulted and Robbed Jewish Family in Paris Sentenced by French Court
A court in Paris has sentenced nine individuals to prison sentences ranging from four to 12 years after they were convicted for a vicious gang...
Trial Begins in France of Accused Antisemitic Gang Who Assaulted and Robbed Jewish Family in Their Own Home
The trial of nine individuals accused of subjecting a Jewish family to antisemitic abuse and robbery in their Paris home began on Monday at the...
What Does ‘Justice for Sarah Halimi’ Mean?
JNS.org - There was a particularly nasty incident that was reported in the crime sections of the French press this week. It caught my eye...
French Senate Adopts ‘Criminal Responsibility’ Bill in Wake of Sarah Halimi Legal Travesty, as Concern Rises Over Alleged Murderer’s Possible Release
The French Senate has adopted the first draft of a bill that would amend the country's penal code so that offenders under the influence of...
French Jews Demand Action Against Facebook ‘Support Committee’ for Accused Antisemitic Murderer of Sarah Halimi
A Jewish defense organization in Paris is urging the public prosecutor in the French capital to take action against the "ignominy" of a Facebook page...
No Justice for Jews in France
For better or for worse, Jews are instinctively guided by memory. The Torah embedded Zachor in our national DNA 3,000 years ago in Egypt, and...
‘Beleaguered’ French Jewry ‘Dealt an Incredible Injustice’ With Sarah Halimi Verdict, Says Algemeiner Editor-in-Chief
The recent verdict excusing the antisemitic killer of Sarah Halimi from legal proceedings has shown French Jewry that bringing justice to her case was simply...
French Judge Retires His Robes in Protest at ‘Catastrophic’ Decision in Sarah Halimi Antisemitic Murder Case
A French judge with more than 25 years of experience on the bench resigned from his post on Monday, citing the decision earlier this month...
Antisemitism and Four Travesties of Justice
Four years after the murder in Paris of Sarah Halimi, a 65-year-old French Jew, mother, and doctor, the case is back in the news in...
Tens of Thousands Rally From Paris to Tel Aviv in Global Call for Justice for Sarah Halimi
In the tens of thousands, Jewish communities and other supporters in France, London, Israel and across a number of cities in the US were rallying...
