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A woman carries a poster reading "I am a Jew" as she attends a silent march to honor an 85-year-old woman who escaped the Nazis 76 years ago but was stabbed to death in her Paris apartment, apparently targeted because she was Jewish, and to denounce racism, in Paris, France, on March 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
From the WebJuly 28, 2018, 7:42 am
‘They spit when I walked in the street’: The ‘new anti-Semitism’ in France
Though government no longer categorizes incidents by identity of culprits, Jewish researchers trace recent wave to country's growing Muslim population, NY Times reports
Illustrative photo of Jews in Paris, January 12, 2015. (AFP Photo/Joel Saget)
July 19, 2018, 12:04 pm
Arab suspected of beating of Paris Jew sent to psychiatric review
Jewish groups decry move; French authorities say assailant, who shouted 'Allahu akbar' as he attacked man wearing kippa, was in 'state of over-excitement'
By JTA
French Republican Guards arrive to carry the coffins of former French politician and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil and her husband Antoine Veil to the Pantheon in Paris on July 1, 2018 during the burial ceremony. (AFP Photo/Pool/Ludovic Marin)
July 1, 2018, 4:56 pm
Pantheon burial honors French rights icon, Holocaust survivor Simone Veil
Rare honor comes a year after the death of Veil, who is remembered for her successful 1974 abortion rights campaign and her long advocacy for European integration
By Jérôme RIVET
Imam Mohamed Tatai gives a sermon at the Grand Mosque in Toulouse, France, on December 15, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
June 30, 2018, 10:40 am
French prosecutors announce investigation into anti-Semitic mosque sermon
B’nai B’rith condemns Mohamed Tatai, who heads an interfaith group, for citing Islamic scripture stating Muslims will kill Jews on Judgement Day
By Agencies and TOI staff
Imam Mohamed Tatai gives a sermon at the Grand Mosque in Toulouse, France, on December 15, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
June 27, 2018, 11:29 pm
French Jews call for action against imam who predicts Israel’s demise
B’nai B’rith condemns Mohamed Tatai, who heads an interfaith group, over sermon in which he cited Islamic scripture stating Muslims will kill Jews on Judgement Day
By JTA
Illustrative: Boys study in a Jewish school in Sarcelles, France, on October 03, 2010. (Serge Attal/FLASH90)
June 2, 2018, 12:13 am
French public schools reminded to enforce kippah, headscarf ban
Education ministry circulates handbook encouraging teachers to discipline students violating 2004 law outlawing religious symbols
By JTA
Reporter and activist Sihame Assbague on November 4, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 31, 2018, 6:28 pm
French-Muslim activist denies tweet of famous Jews is ‘hit list’
Sihame Assbague posts 8 names along with GIF from 'Game of Thrones' where character lists people she wants to kill; but she claims it was a joking reference to their 'Islamophobia'
By TOI staff and JTA
Painter Chaim Soutine on a park bench. (Courtesy Jewish Museum)
May 21, 2018, 3:19 am
Alienated until the end, master artist Chaim Soutine fled the shtetl for Paris
Running through September, a new exhibit shows off the work of the Jewish Expressionist painter who gave up small-town life in the Pale of Settlement, only to die in Vichy France
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative image of the Daniel Mayer Jewish vocational school in Montreuil, an eastern suburb of Paris (Google Streetview)
May 17, 2018, 3:35 am
Muslim man arrested outside French Jewish school for shouting insults
Suspect placed in psychiatric institution after incident at Bet Hillel in northwestern Paris suburb
By JTA
Chief Rabbi Michel Gugenheim of Paris delivers a speech on June 2, 2013, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, Pool)
May 16, 2018, 6:44 pm
Suburban Paris synagogue nixes chief rabbi event amid fear of violence over Gaza
Yaguel Yaacov synagogue abruptly cancels evening with Rabbi Michel Gugenheim; other communal events to go ahead as planned
By JTA
Firefighters vehicles block Saint Augustin street in Paris centre after two people were killed and several injured in a knife attack in Paris on May 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Thomas SAMSON)
May 13, 2018, 8:44 am
France suffering ‘intifada,’ says Jewish lawmaker after fatal stabbing in Paris
Meyer Habib writes 'it’s time to finish off radical Islam' following attack by man reportedly shouting 'Allahu Akbar'
By JTA
Aviv Zonabend, a Jewish deputy mayor of the French city of Toulouse, on March 26, 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 5, 2018, 11:42 am
Jewish councilor sorry for saying ‘too many Arabs’ in Toulouse, refuses to quit
French deputy mayor Aviv Zonabend blames bad Hebrew for his comments in Israel interview; the mayor, unable to fire him, relieves him of his council duties
By AFP and TOI staff
Aviv Zonabend, a Jewish deputy mayor of the French city of Toulouse, on March 26, 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)
April 29, 2018, 4:25 pm
Toulouse mayor threatens to sack Jewish deputy who said ‘too many Arabs’ in city
Aviv Zonabend's comment in Hebrew interview draws condemnation from Mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc, who hires a translator to confirm the remark was made
By Michael Bachner
Aviv Zonabend, a Jewish deputy mayor of the French city of Toulouse, on March 26, 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)
April 25, 2018, 5:18 pm
French deputy mayor says future of Jews in Europe is ‘hopeless’
After call for German Jews to stop wearing kippahs in cities, Aviv Zonabend, Jewish member of Toulouse council, says the advice should be followed throughout Europe
By Michael Bachner
Muslims protest against the closure of a prayer room in the Paris suburb of Clichy la Garenne, November 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
April 24, 2018, 5:30 am
​French Muslims blast anti-Semitism letter as attack on Islam
Citing recent violent attacks against Jews, manifesto signed by 300 high-profile figures called for removing 'obsolete' Quran passages detailing punishment for disbelievers
By AFP
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