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May 6, 2013
5:25 pm

Chocolate falls at the Bayonne Chocolate Days festival. This year's celebrations take place May 10 and 11. (photo credit: courtesy)

France thanks Sephardic Jews for chocolate, 500 years too late

Fleeing the Inquisition, Jews brought precious chocolate to Bayonne, which eventually became France’s chocolate capital. Residents learned chocolate-making from the Jews — then promptly evicted them

By Rebecca Benhamou

April 3, 2013
4:15 am

The French Justice Ministry is reviewing name-change applications on a case-by-case basis. (Croquant via Wikipedia)

French Jews win right to choose their own names

After a historically charged legal fight, Jewish families can revert to their foreign ancestors’ last names

By Rebecca Benhamou

March 20, 2013
11:02 pm

French Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti returned six stolen paintings to American heir Thomas Selldorff at Tuesday's ceremony. (Michel Euler/AP)

France launches drive to find owners of Nazi-stolen art

Yearlong campaign begins with culture ministry’s return of seven looted paintings to surviving heirs

By Rebecca Benhamou

March 10, 2013
4:07 pm

After leaving Hitler's Germany, Jewish photographer Gerda Taro snapped this image at the funeral of Bela Frankl, a Hungarian Jew who died in the Spanish civil war while serving under the name General Lukacs. (Courtesy of the International Center of Photography)

Photos fete Jewish fight against fascism

Lost for decades, influential images from the Spanish civil war reveal Jewish bravery on both sides of the camera

By Rebecca Benhamou

January 30, 2013
11:16 pm

Following a lethal shooting last year at a Jewish school in Toulouse, French mourners carry a banner that reads, "Jews, Christians, Muslims: Same God, Love." (Thibault Camus/AP)

French consider Jews ‘tolerant,’ distrust Islam

Poll shows nearly three-quarters of respondents view Muslims as unwilling to accept other groups

By Rebecca Benhamou

January 23, 2013
5:52 pm

In advance of a January court hearing in the case, a hashtag translating to #IfIWereANazi was briefly one of the top five trending topics on French Twitter. (Screenshot)

Should France protect Twitter users or its Jews?

A legal decision Thursday will weigh laws on hate speech against the rights of social media enthusiasts

By Rebecca Benhamou

January 11, 2013
1:30 am

Edgar Feuchtwanger, right, with co-author Bertil Scali, observed Hitler's rise to power from close by, then fled Munich with his family after Kristallnacht. (Courtesy of Editions Michel Lafon)

Former Jewish refugee recalls his neighbor from hell: Hitler

After years of hesitation, 88-year-old Edgar Feuchtwanger decided to record his memories of growing up across the street from the Nazi tyrant

By Rebecca Benhamou

January 8, 2013
8:26 pm

Twitter heads to Paris court after flood of ‘Nazi’ posts

Major tolerance groups join Jewish student organization in claiming social media giant is violating French laws banning hate speech

By Rebecca Benhamou

December 28, 2012
2:39 pm

A best-selling collaboration started after Yohan Perez, left, approached TV journalist Bernard Benyamin in a French synagogue. (Courtesy of Editions First)

French bestseller unravels Nazi propagandist’s cryptic last words about Purim

‘Code of Esther’ gets Paris buzzing about an alleged biblical prophecy connecting the Jewish festival and Nazi Germany

By Rebecca Benhamou

The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Rebecca Benhamou

France thanks Sephardic Jews for chocolate, 500 years too late

Fleeing the Inquisition, Jews brought precious chocolate to Bayonne, which eventually became France’s chocolate capital. Residents learned chocolate-making from the Jews — then promptly evicted them

French Jews win right to choose their own names

After a historically charged legal fight, Jewish families can revert to their foreign ancestors’ last names

France launches drive to find owners of Nazi-stolen art

Yearlong campaign begins with culture ministry’s return of seven looted paintings to surviving heirs

Photos fete Jewish fight against fascism

Lost for decades, influential images from the Spanish civil war reveal Jewish bravery on both sides of the camera

French consider Jews ‘tolerant,’ distrust Islam

Poll shows nearly three-quarters of respondents view Muslims as unwilling to accept other groups

Should France protect Twitter users or its Jews?

A legal decision Thursday will weigh laws on hate speech against the rights of social media enthusiasts

Former Jewish refugee recalls his neighbor from hell: Hitler

After years of hesitation, 88-year-old Edgar Feuchtwanger decided to record his memories of growing up across the street from the Nazi tyrant

Twitter heads to Paris court after flood of ‘Nazi’ posts

Major tolerance groups join Jewish student organization in claiming social media giant is violating French laws banning hate speech

French bestseller unravels Nazi propagandist’s cryptic last words about Purim

‘Code of Esther’ gets Paris buzzing about an alleged biblical prophecy connecting the Jewish festival and Nazi Germany

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