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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 496

French chief rabbi

A municipal worker cleans swastikas spray painted on columns of the Rivoli Street in central Paris, on October 11, 2020. (Stephane De Sakutin/AFP)
February 15, 2021, 4:14 am
French chief rabbi, fellow communal leaders clash over France’s Jewish future
In a series of op-eds from Jewish community, Rabbi Haim Korsia is accused of insensitivity toward those who move to Israel out of fear of anti-Semitism
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Benjamin Amsellem (R), a Jewish teacher who was stabbed by a 15-year-old student with a machete in January 2016, speaks to journalists, flanked by his lawyer Fabrice Labi, during the teenager's trial at the juvenile court of the Palais de Justice in Paris on March 1, 2017. (AFP/Geoffroy van der Hasselt)
March 3, 2017, 6:34 pm
French teen who attacked Jewish teacher with machete gets 7 years in jail
Benjamin Amsellem says attack traumatized him and he now hides his kippa; his attorneys say he is pleased with verdict
By JTA and ToI Staff
Benjamin Amsellem (R), a Jewish teacher who was stabbed by a 15-year-old student with a machete in January 2016, speaks to journalists, flanked by his lawyer Fabrice Labi, during the teenager's trial at the juvenile court of the Palais de Justice in Paris on March 1, 2017. (AFP/Geoffroy van der Hasselt)
March 2, 2017, 7:30 pm
French teacher in machete attack says he now hides his kippa
Traumatized victim of Marseille assault speaks before trial in Paris juvenile court of first minor accused of jihad
By JTA and ToI Staff
Chief Rabbi of France Haim Korsia speaks to journalists on June 22, 2014, in Paris. (AFP/Fred Dufor)
December 20, 2016, 5:48 am
French chief rabbi offers condolences after deadly Berlin Christmas attack
‘My prayers accompany you,’ Haim Korsia, spiritual leader of terror-struck Jewish community of France, tells Germans
By JTA
Les Republicains party presidential primary contender and former French prime minister Francois Fillon on November 20, 2016 in Paris. (AFP Photo/Pool/Thomas Samson)
November 23, 2016, 11:54 pm
French presidential candidate comments on Jews ‘a misunderstanding’
After Francois Fillon cites so-called Jewish disdain for the law, spokesman says he has ‘always appreciated integration of Jews in France’
By JTA
French Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia, left, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at Park East Synagogue in New York, February 19, 2015. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/JTA)
October 2, 2016, 8:48 pm
Tackling assimilation and anti-Semitism, France’s chief rabbi gets wired
In Rosh Hashanah interview, Haim Korsia says he reaches out to young French Jews where they spend their time — on Twitter and Facebook
By Lisa Klug
French President Jacques Chirac (L) hugging France's Chief Rabbi Joseph Sitruk, after honoring him with the medal of Commander of the National Order of Merit during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris, July 7, 2003 (Patrick Kovarik/AFP) Joseph Sitruk, who acted as Chief Rabbi of France for over 20 years, died on September 25, 2016 in Paris at the age of 71, the entourage of his successor Haim Korsia said. / AFP PHOTO / PATRICK KOVARIK
September 25, 2016, 3:15 pm
Former chief rabbi of France dies aged 71
Tunisian-born Rabbi Joseph Sitruk headed France’s Orthodox Jewish community for over 20 years
By ToI Staff
About 200,000 people participate at the annual Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, on June 3, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 10, 2016, 8:04 pm
France’s ex-chief rabbi seeks ‘radical’ response to Israel’s ‘abominable’ Pride Parade
Comments by Rabbi Joseph Sitruk, who served as chief rabbi from 1987 to 2008, slammed by leader of French Jewish gay organization
By JTA
Jewish leaders gather outside a Marseille synagogue during a visit from French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, January 14, 2016. (AP/Claude Paris)
January 19, 2016, 1:35 am
Most French oppose call for Jews to remove kippahs
Amid spate of anti-Semitic attacks, survey finds 70 percent back French chief rabbi’s call ‘not to give in to the terrorists’
By JTA
Illustrative: Armed French soldiers secure the access to the 'La Source' Jewish school in Marseille, southern France, on January 12, 2016. (AFP/Boris Horvat)
January 13, 2016, 8:57 pm
France’s Hollande: ‘Intolerable’ for Jews to hide skullcaps
Following Marseille machete attack, president says citizens should not be forced to hide for fear of assault because of their religion
By AFP and ToI Staff
Gilles Bernheim, former chief rabbi of France, speaks at the Grande Synagogue de la Victoire in Paris. The synagogue, and the Consistoire next door, are heavily barricaded against anti-Semitic violence. (AFP/Loic Venance)
November 15, 2015, 11:44 pm
Paris synagogue holds memorial for terror victims
Father of Toulouse victim says France is ‘beginning to understand how us Jews have been living in recent years, and the reality in Israel’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Chief Rabbi of France Haim Korsia speaks to journalists on June 22, 2014, in Paris. (AFP/Fred Dufor)
November 14, 2015, 10:50 pm
French chief rabbi decries ‘unspeakable cruelty’ of Paris attacks
Haim Korsia urges international unity to combat ‘all who exploit religion to kill in the name of God’
By ToI Staff
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls delivers a speech at the Nazareth synagogue in Paris as part of the French government's greetings to the Jewish community ahead of the Jewish New Year, on September 8, 2015. (AFP Photo/Bertrand Guay)
September 9, 2015, 10:40 am
French PM calls for ‘renewed’ fight against anti-Semitism
As number of attacks against Jews grows and immigration to Israel swells, Paris looks to stem both tides
By AFP
French Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia, left, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at Park East Synagogue in New York, February 19, 2015 (Photo credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images/JTA)
February 20, 2015, 7:35 pm
French chief rabbi rejects PM’s call for emigration
Haim Korsia dismisses Netanyahu’s invitation for mass aliya, praises security efforts following attacks
By JTA
The Grand Synagogue of Paris (Youtube screen capture)
January 10, 2015, 8:44 am
Jews’ fear is ‘palpable’ following France terror attacks
World media reports on a community shaken by events which lead many to doubt their future in French society
By Itamar Sharon
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