The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/marseille-consistoire/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:05:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Marseille Consistoire | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/marseille-consistoire/ 32 32 Work, history and dialogue keep Jews, Muslims happy together in sunny Marseille https://www.timesofisrael.com/work-history-and-dialogue-keep-jews-muslims-happy-together-in-sunny-marseille/ Sun, 06 Dec 2020 07:16:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2440717 France's diverse second city is home to the 3rd-largest Jewish population in Europe and 250,000 Muslims. Community president Michel Cohen Tenoudji says relations couldn't be better

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]]> It’s Jew vs. Jew in France as conflict over women reading Torah turns ugly https://www.timesofisrael.com/its-jew-vs-jew-in-france-as-conflict-over-women-reading-torah-turns-ugly/ Thu, 10 Aug 2017 21:28:11 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1673499 Anti-Semitism is encouraging Jewish isolationism and radicalization, say leaders, causing an Orthodox-Liberal rift

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]]> French Jew arrested for lying over Islamic State attack https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-jew-arrested-for-lying-over-islamic-state-attack/ Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:13:40 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1345939 Suspect, a teacher in Marseille's Jewish community, claimed jihadists had attacked him in November

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]]> French Jews ask: Is wearing your faith a risk, or a right? https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-jews-ask-is-wearing-your-faith-a-risk-or-a-right/ Fri, 15 Jan 2016 01:02:51 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1321657 Calls to hide Jewishness amount to 'projecting part of the responsibility on the victim,' warns France's Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia

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]]> Marseille Jews warned against wearing kippas after attack https://www.timesofisrael.com/marseille-jews-warned-against-wearing-kippas-after-attack/ Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:35:18 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1320267 Move comes after machete assault Sunday, the latest in a series of recent attacks on French Jewish community

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]]> French Jews pay a price for government effort to curb extremism https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-jews-pay-a-price-for-government-effort-to-curb-extremism/ Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:05:15 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=328982 Attempts to cut off funding to radical Muslim groups are harming Jewish organizations, while Christian groups haven't been affected

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]]> Jewish charities boom in one of France’s poorest cities https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-charities-boom-in-one-of-frances-poorest-cities/ Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:17:55 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=296442 Despite poverty rates that dwarf the national average, Marseille's Jewish community maintains disproportionate levels of giving

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