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Rabbi Michael Azoulay, second from right, reading the Torah with congregants at the synagogue of Neuilly-sur-Seine, December 11, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
In Paris, the demise of some Jewish congregations is fueling revival in others
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A proliferation of assaults and terrorist attacks is prompting what appears to be an unlikely Jewish renaissance amid one of the community’s worst crises since World War II
Rabbi Michael Azoulay, second from right, reading the Torah with congregants at the synagogue of Neuilly-sur-Seine, December 11, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
April 21, 2018, 7:44 am
In Paris, the demise of some Jewish congregations is fueling revival in others
A proliferation of assaults and terrorist attacks is prompting what appears to be an unlikely Jewish renaissance amid one of the community’s worst crises since World War II
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: French Gendarmes investigate in the area of defaced tombstones at the Jewish cemetery of Sarre-Union, northeastern France, on February 16, 2015. (AFP/Frederick Florin)
April 18, 2018, 4:11 pm
Jewish cemetery vandalized near Paris
Eight headstones damaged in Seine Saint Denis, north of the French capital, in what Jewish officials say is an anti-Semitic attack
By JTA
Jeremy Dahan (Facebook via JTA)
April 13, 2018, 7:54 pm
Jewish man found dead, bound in his Paris apartment
Police believe motive for killing was robbery, two Moldovan workers are suspected of the attack
By JTA and Agencies
Gad Elmaleh performing during his new Netflix special, 'American Dream.' (Netflix)
April 8, 2018, 6:29 am
France’s funniest guy is a Moroccan Jew in pursuit of the American laugh
Gad Elmaleh's mom might not think her son is all that funny, but audiences will disagree after watching the French comedian's new Netflix special, 'American Dream'
By Tracy Frydberg
Former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls speaks during the 6th Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism at the Jerusalem Convention Center, March 22, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 30, 2018, 10:47 am
France must ‘make an example’ of anti-Semites, former PM urges
Manuel Valls calls for tougher implementation of anti-hate laws, distances himself from last year's Paris peace summit, says Jerusalem is Israel's capital
By Raphael Ahren
Lassana Bathily praying with members of the Jewish community at the Tournelles Synagogue in Paris, March 28, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)
March 29, 2018, 11:13 pm
Muslim rescuer of Jews takes seat in back at slain Holocaust survivor’s vigil
After ceremony, dozens huddle around Lassana Bathily, thanking the 27-year-old who hid a dozen people from the jihadist who killed four at a kosher store in 2015
By Cnaan Liphshiz
People attend a silent march to honor an 85-year-old woman who escaped the Nazis 76 years ago but was stabbed to death last week in her Paris apartment, apparently targeted because she was Jewish, and to denounce racism, in Paris, France, Wednesday, March 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
March 28, 2018, 11:51 pm
In handling of Holocaust survivor’s slaying, French Jews see a ‘lesson learned’
Swift response by authorities in denouncing killing of Mireille Knoll as anti-Semitic marks a change from hesitation in previous similar case
By Cnaan Liphshiz
This AFP TV video frame grab shows a picture of Mireille Knoll, heart-shaped papers and police seals posted on the door of her apartment in Paris, March 27, 2018. (Laetitia PERON)
March 27, 2018, 4:59 pm
Parisians urged to take to streets after murder of Holocaust survivor
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo calls for all the city's residents to march Wednesday in memory of Mireille Knoll, who was stabbed to death in an apparent anti-Semitic attack
By AP
In this file photo taken on July 7, 2016, Arnaud Mimran arrives at the Paris courthouse for deliberations in his trial over an alleged carbon tax scam.(AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND GUAY)
March 27, 2018, 2:32 pm
Jewish inmates arrested in France for bribing prison officials
Prisoners Arnaud Mimran and Eric Robic tried to win preferential treatment, while French-Israeli Fabrice Touil hepled them from the outside, investigators suspect
By AFP and TOI staff
Mireille Knoll, 85, a Holocaust survivor who was found murdered in her Paris apartment (Courtesy)
March 27, 2018, 10:08 am
Slain Holocaust survivor’s family: She’d known her killer since he was a boy
Two men charged in allegedly anti-Semitic murder of Mireille Knoll, 85, who was found stabbed and burned in her Paris apartment
By TOI staff and Agencies
Mireille Knoll, 85, a Holocaust survivor who was found murdered in her Paris apartment (Courtesy)
March 26, 2018, 7:52 pm
French to charge two with anti-Semitic murder of 85-year-old Holocaust survivor
After Mireille Knoll found stabbed to death and burned in her Paris apartment, FM Le Drian says France must continue to fight anti-Semitism
By TOI staff and Agencies
Mireille Knoll, 85, a Holocaust survivor who was found murdered in her Paris apartment (Courtesy)
March 26, 2018, 4:34 pm
Two arrested over brutal killing of 85-year-old French Jewish Holocaust survivor
Mireille Knoll found stabbed to death following blaze at her apartment; investigators say no apparent anti-Semitic motive but Jewish umbrella group urges further investigation
By Agencies
Illustrative: A French police officer, January 18, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE)
March 8, 2018, 10:39 pm
French Jews ‘dismayed’ after judge drops charges against Arabs who attacked teen
As President Macron vows to fight anti-Semitism in country, Jewish group protests removal from charge sheet of attackers who berated, beat up Jewish boy
By JTA
In this photo from April 30, 2017, Emmanuel Macron looks at some of the 2,500 photographs of young Jews deported from France, during a visit to the Shoah memorial in Paris, France. (Philippe Wojazer/Pool Photo via AP, File)
March 7, 2018, 9:44 pm
Macron meets French Jewish group amid anti-Semitism concerns
French president's attendance at CRIF dinner comes during uproar over planned reprinting of anti-Semitic essays by author Celine
By PHILIPPE SOTTO
This file photo taken on May 31, 2017, shows the co-founder of France's far-right National Front party Jean-Marie Le Pen at a press conference in Marignane, France. (AFP Photo/Franck Pennant)
February 21, 2018, 7:56 am
France’s Jean-Marie Le Pen defends Vichy leader’s deal with Nazis in memoirs
Far-right leader says Philippe Petain, who persecuted Jews during World War II, didn't dishonor himself by allowing Germany to occupy part of France
By Lucie PEYTERMANN
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