French Jews

French police hunt an assailant who attacked a man leaving a Paris synagogue

By Associated Press — March 5, 2024
PARIS (AP) — A sharp rise in antisemitic acts in France has been reported in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

More than 180,000 people across France march against soaring antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war

By Barbara Surk and Sylvie Corbet — November 13, 2023
PARIS (AP) — France has the largest Jewish population in Europe, but given its own World War II collaboration with the Nazis, antisemitic acts today open old scars.

A prosecutor says a foreign link is possible to the dozens of Stars of David stenciled around Paris

By Associated Press — November 8, 2023
PARIS (AP) — Two couples who allegedly stenciled dozens of blue Stars of David on buildings in Paris last week are linked by a third party living abroad.

Sharp spike in anti-Semitic incidents across France, new report finds

By Elizabeth Bryant — January 7, 2016
PARIS (RNS) The report cites a doubling of anti-Semitic incidents corresponding to a doubling in the number of French Jews who moved to Israel.

French Jews at a crossroads: ‘Should I stay or should I go?’ (COMMENTARY)

By Jeffrey Salkin — January 21, 2015
(RNS) More than 7,000 French Jews have moved to Israel in the last year, and there are clear signs others will follow. This is huge. France has the third-largest Jewish community in the world.
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