Satmar Rebbe to French Jews: Don’t move to Israel!
On Tuesday night, thousands of French Jews participated in a special event led by the rebbes of Satmar and Pshevorsk, and intended to strengthen Jewish education among French Jews.
Over the past two years, France's growing...
Marseille: Un homme condamné à deux ans de prison pour apologie du terrorisme
Il avait affirmé préparer une agression imminente devant la grande synagogue de Marseille. Mohamed Chebab, 33 ans, a été condamné mardi à deux ans de prison pour apologie du terrorisme par le tribunal correctionnel de la cité phocéenne....
Simone Veil: Cérémonie d’obsèques officielles mercredi aux invalides
L’émotion suscitée par le décès de Simone Veil vendredi 30 juin est grande. Une cérémonie nationale va être organisée pour lui rendre hommage, explique le journaliste Jeff Wittenberg, en direct de l’Élysée.
"Un hommage national sera rendu...
Libyan parliamentarian calls for return of Jews
Mohamed Ali Triki, a top official of Khalifa Ghwell’s National Salvation Government (NSG), made the call during a three-day conference held on the Greek island of Rhodes last week, the Libya Herald reported on Sunday.
The conference...
This 400-year-old Jewish library survived Hitler and the Inquisition
Livraria Ets Haim is the world’s oldest functioning Jewish library. As such, it is no stranger to the prospect of imminent destruction.
Founded in 1616 by Jews who fled Catholic persecution in Spain and Portugal,...
The Canadian Jewish Congress was a mirror of the community
In honour of Canada’s 150th birthday, The CJN presents essays on 10 significant moments in Canadian Jewish history.
At Confederation, there were only around 1,000 Jews living in Canada. One could not speak of a...
La Cyber Week prend ses quartiers à tel aviv
Comme chaque année, cadres de l'industrie de la defense, experts en technologie, universitaires, start-up, investisseurs, mais aussi diplomates se réunissent pendant 5 jours à l'Université de Tel Aviv à l'occasion de la Cyber Week, qui...
Simone Veil, French feminist and politician who survived the Holocaust, dies at 89
Simone Veil, a well-known French politician and Holocaust survivor, has died.
Veil, a former minister of health who in 2012 was awarded France’s highest honor, passed away this week at her home in Paris, her...
Vie privée, sécurité : les Français se disent plus prudents qu’avant sur internet
Les Français auraient-ils (enfin) saisi l’importance de protéger leurs données sur internet? C’est du moins que laisse croire une étude, réalisée par Médiamétrie et l’Institut Mines-Télécom. On y apprend que 91% des 2000 personnes interrogées...
Shalom Organisation of the Jews in Bulgaria condemns attack on Muslim leader’s family in...
Bulgarian Jewish organisations, in a statement on June 28, condemned the previous day’s assault on the wife and two daughters of Birali Birali, Deputy Chief Mufti of Bulgaria and one of the leaders of...