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The French tri-colored flag outside the Hyper Cacher kosher market in Paris to pay homage to the four Jewish victims shot and killed inside the store a week earlier, Jan. 16, 2015. Credit: U.S. State Department Photo/Public Domain).

Trial starts for Charlie Hebdo terror attack that targeted kosher supermarket

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The trial for suspects of the 2015 terror attacks against the Paris-based Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and the Hyper Cacher kosher market began on Wednesday. “Since 2012, terrorism capitalized on the prevailing delinquency there is around these...

August 25, 1944: Paris is liberated after four years of Nazi occupation

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After more than four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division. German resistance was light, and General Dietrich von Choltitz, commander of...
UNESCO assistant director-general Stefania Giannini speaks at the European Jewish Association’s (EJA) annual policy conference in Paris; seated is EJA chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Feb. 24, 2020. Photo by Yoni Rykner.

In Paris, 250 European leaders, conference attendees to confront anti-Semitism in full force

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Some 250 participants and European leaders gathered in Paris at the European Jewish Association’s (EJA) annual policy conference this week under the topic “Jews in Europe: United for a Better Future.” The $11 million “European...
French architecture in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, north of the Arc de Triomphe. Credit: Flickr.

Long-awaited $17 million Jewish community center opens in Paris

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French President Emmanuel Macron and leaders of the country’s Jewish community celebrated the inauguration a $17 million Jewish community center in Paris on Tuesday. The European Center for Judaism was opened “amid painful times of terrorism and...
Michael Amsalem, a new immigrant to Israel, visits Paris for a wedding in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. Credit: Orit Arfa.

In the cafes of Paris, French Jews open up on anti-Semitism and their future...

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My trip to Paris to canvas the mood of French Jews began in the idyll of an Israeli-owned restaurant, Balagan, near the famed Louvre art museum. Emmanuelle Mary, a non-Jewish Parisian fashion and lifestyle...
The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Jewish community reacts to fire that ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

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Members of the Jewish community reacted with sadness to the massive fire that burst through the roof of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday and toppled its spire. “Terrible images of the Cathedral of...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on June 25, 2012. Credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash90.

Netanyahu, Putin talk in Paris; no future meeting set

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Although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked on the sidelines during this week’s centennial commemoration in Paris recognizing the end of World War I, no future talks have been...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

‘Washington Post’: Failed Paris attack raises fear in Europe that Iran is planning more...

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The failed terror attack earlier this year in Paris has “sparked growing anxiety” in numerous European countries, the United States, and Israel, that Iran is increasing its intelligence activities abroad in preparation for more “audacious”...
The Le Petit Cambodge restaurant—site of one of six coordinated Islamist terror attacks in Paris on Friday—with a makeshift memorial of flowers and blood staining the ground on the day after the attacks. Credit: Maya-Anaïs Yataghène via Wikimedia Commons.

French say ‘Non’ to Islamist performer at Bataclan

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A series of Islamist terrorist attacks shook the city of Paris on Nov. 13, 2015. One hundred thirty people were killed and hundreds others injured in coordinated shootings and a suicide bombing that hit the Bataclan...

Yiddish Courses in Paris – Maison de la culture yiddish

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Réduction de 5% sur toute inscription avant le 10 août. Si vous n’avez pas encore pris de bonnes résolutions pour la rentrée 2018-2019, pourquoi ne pas apprendre le yiddish ? Nous proposons des cours adaptés...