Tag: France
French Jews fume over omission of hate crime from indictment of Jewish woman’s killer
Leaders of French Jewry strong criticized the absence of a mention of hate crime in the indictment of a man from Paris who in April killed his Jewish neighbor while shouting about Allah.
CRIF, the umbrella group...
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...
France: ‘absolute silence’ surrounding Elderly Jewish woman’s murder by Islamist migrant ‘intolerable’
The Algemeiner Journal reports the suspected killer, a 27-year-old Malian migrant with convictions for drug-dealing named Kada Traore, broke into an apartment neighbouring Dr. Sarah Halimi’s at 4:25 a.m., causing the terrified residents to take...
WJC President Lauder congratulates Macron on ‘tremendous victory’ as French leader
Lauder expressed confidence that the new French leader will continue to have close and positive ties with the French Jewish community and fight all forms of anti-Semitism, whether from the extreme left or the...
New French National Front leader, who doubted Nazis gassed Jews, quits
The interim successor to Marine Le Pen at the helm of France’s far-right National Front party has stepped down after an interview from 2000 surfaced in which he cast doubt on the Nazi gassing...
Le Pen Beckons French Jews — And Some Respond
Back in February, the right-wing Jewish website Dreuz reported on an unprecedented meeting: The Confederation Of French Jews And Friends Of Israel, it disclosed, had recently met with Louis Alliot, the vice president of...
Israel condemns Le Pen’s disclaimer of France’s role in the Holocaust
The Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned a statement by far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, who said that France was not responsible for deporting its Jews during the Holocaust.
“This declaration is contrary to...
Scarlett Johansson Opens Paris Popcorn Shop
Jewish actress Scarlett Johansson opened a popcorn shop in Paris.
The actress and her husband, Romain Dauriac, launched the Yummy Pop store in Paris’ Marais district on Saturday.
Johansson was on hand to scoop popcorn for...