Minister Bezalel Smotrich: Connection between Israel and Diaspora Jews cannot be severed
Finance Minister meets the leaders of Jewish community in France: The State of Israel is committed to strengthening ties with the Diaspora.
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French people largely ignorant, hold negative views, about Judaism, survey finds
French Jewish organization warns that study shows 'radical hostility' toward Jews and Israel is 'multiplying in an uninhibited way.'
How God turns nations around, saving the Jews from total annihilation
The Allies in WWII Series: Part I, British and French appeasement of Nazi Germany.
French Antisemitism: Professor comes on TV to discuss COVID, is harassed for Judaism
A panel on French TV took issue with Prof. Cyrille Cohen's kippa. Cohen: 'If I were a priest, would you ask me to remove my cross?'
Hogan’s Heroes actor and Holocaust survivor Robert Clary dies at 96
Celebrated singer and actor best known for role as French Corporal Louis LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes.
Popular Jewish French comedian Gad Elmaleh converting to Catholicism
Gad Elmaleh's success was a source of pride and comfort for French Jews living under specter of antisemitism.
World Mizrachi increases outreach to French Jewish community
In new program, Israeli-French rabbinic delegation heads to France to deepen connection with French Jewry, encourage immigration to Israel.
Study finds 45% of French Jews ask their kids to hide identity
French Jews are increasingly worried about their safety, and are especially concerned over their children being targeted for their religion.
French mayor: ‘Antisemitism has not disappeared and is even resurging’
Mayor of Toulouse marks occasion of liberation of city from Nazis to speak out against antisemitism coming from the left and the right.
French Minister of Justice: Whoever harms a Jew, harms the entire republic
French Justice Minister responds to Jewish MP Meyer Habib who submitted a query regarding the way France is dealing with antisemitism.
How a postcard prompted a look into French Jewry's thought processes
A mysterious postcard made French author Anne Berest confront her family’s Holocaust story.
Paris Jews bet on community's future with new giant JCC
Amid existential angst, Parisian Jews bet on their community’s future with a giant new community center.
France: Antisemitism now suspected in murder of elderly Jew
Prosecutor in Lyon says 89-year-old man who was pushed out of his window by a neighbor may have been killed because he was Jewish.
France: 90-year-old Jewish man pushed to his death in Lyon
Police do not suspect antisemitic motive in death of 90-year-old René Hadjaj after a dispute with his neighbors.
French Jews honor 79th anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto uprising
France’s main Jewish organization honors the 79th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising with a special ceremony.
France: Two indicted for assaulting Jew who died fleeing them
French prosecutors indict two men for assaulting Jérémie Cohen, a Jew who died while fleeing attackers.
85% of French Jews believe antisemitism is widespread in France
Antisemitism survey finds that 85 percent of French Jews believe that antisemitism and antisemitic sentiments are widespread in France.
Report: 3/4 of French Jews have experienced antisemitic acts
American Jewish Committee survey finds nearly three quarters of French Jews have experienced antisemitic acts.
Pardon my French
The Germans were the bad guys, but the French were, too. The round-ups, the expulsions - and today they lead the EU in Jew-hatred. Op-ed.
What to make of Éric Zemmour?
Despite my many criticisms, large and small, of Zemmour, I would vote for him were I a French citizen. Op-ed.
UK college student given course material featuring ‘blood libel’
Student at a French campus of the University of London speaks out after experiencing anti-Semitism on campus.
Far-right politician 'may be Jewish, but doesn't speak for Jewish community'
A far-right Jew could make political history in France. Many French Jews say he’s dangerous.
Paris: Trial opens into murder of Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll
"Mireille Knoll shared Sarah Halimi's fate," says Meyer Habib, French parliamentarian. "If only Sarah's murderer would face justice."
French website listing high profile Jews condemned by government
Site claiming many high profile figures are Jewish referenced main pro-Nazi newspaper from Vichy France in its name.
A brave French imam with a bulletproof vest and a bounty on his head
This is not in Baghdad, but in France. The imam who defends dialogue with Jews and Eastern Christians has a price on his life. Op-ed.
Delivery man who refused to service French Jews deported back to his native Algeria
France deports 19-year-old illegal immigrant jailed for refusing to deliver food to Jewish customers.
French Jew threatened in Turkish prison
Inmates demand Jewish inmate held for buying drugs convert to Islam, threaten him if he refuses, says family.
Vast majority of French Jews view anti-Zionism as anti-Semitic
Poll finds that most French Jews believe attacks on Israel intrinsically connected with anti-Semitic beliefs.
French Jews, political leaders mark 6 years since Hyper Cacher killings
Unity after terror attacks on Charlie Hebdo, kosher supermarket in France, 'has all bud dissipated', laments lawyer of Jewish victims.
France vows to protect Jewish community following Paris stabbing
French Interior Minister visits synagogue ahead of Yom Kippur, says more than 7,000 police and soldiers are protecting Jewish services.
WZO announces plan to bring French Jews to Israel
World Zionist Organization vice-chairman Yaakov Hagoel states Israel must prepare for increase in aliyah caused by rising anti-Semitism.
Jewish woman gives birth to sextuplets in France
Premature sextuplets born to Jewish couple in France are country's first sextuplets in over 30 years.
Up to 2,000 French Jews may have died of coronavirus, organizations say
'In our busiest two weeks, we sent 80 coffins to Israel,' local ZAKA chief says.
At least 1,300 French Jews have died of COVID-19
French-Jewish burial services report at least 1,300 Jews in France have died in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
In France, Zionist light dispels anti-Semitic darkness
At Paris solidarity rally, Betar member says: 'France is known as an anti-Semitic country, we can't rely on it to protect all its citizens.'
Chalom Levy, who died on a flight from Israel, 'had never recovered' from stabbing attack
French-Jewish man who died earlier this week on a flight to France had 'never recovered' from 2016 stabbing attack, lawyer says.
'There are no real possibilities here'
Hit by terror and a sluggish economy, Nice’s once-vibrant Jewish community faces uncertain future.
Watch: French Jews march through Hevron in show of solidarity
Over 1,200 French Jews hold march in Hevron's Jewish community. "There's only one flag from the Jordan to the sea - the flag of Israel."
France to increase vigilance around synagogues
French President Macron condemns Pittsburgh shooting, offers support to grieving families.
Jewish man found dead in Paris
Jewish man killed in his apartment in Paris. Police believe the motive for the crime is financial.
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