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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

Haim Korsia

Left: Chief Rabbi of France Haim Korsia (Ludovic Marin / AFP), Right: French MP Aymeric Caron (AFP)
August 28, 2024, 11:11 am
French chief rabbi accused of ‘defending war crimes’ for saying IDF should get job done
Left-wing MP files complaint against Haim Korsia for saying ‘everyone would be very happy if Israel finished the job, and we could finally build peace in the Middle East’
By ToI Staff
French journalist and writer Eric Zemmour arrives at Paris Criminal Court, where he was prosecuted for incitement to racial hatred, November 6, 2015. (Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
November 2, 2021, 8:46 am
France’s chief rabbi: Jewish presidential hopeful is an ‘antisemite’
Haim Korsia tells TV station that Eric Zemmour, a journalist and far-right provocateur, is ‘certainly’ a racist; remarks slammed as ‘nonsensical’ by mainstream French-Jewish paper
By Cnaan Liphshiz
People stage a protest organized by Jewish associations, who say justice has not been done for the killing of French Jewish woman Sarah Halimi, at Trocadero Plaza near Eiffel Tower in Paris, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
April 27, 2021, 6:56 pm
For many French Jews, Halimi murder a ‘watershed moment’ of distrust in France
20,000-strong Paris protest a rare show of raw emotion from local Jewish community over government’s response to antisemitism
By Cnaan Liphshiz
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls (C), Consistoire central israélite de France president Joel Mergui (L) and France's Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia (R) attend a ceremony 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)
October 21, 2020, 10:19 pm
French chief rabbi lauds government’s crackdown on radical Islam
Haim Korsia writes in op-ed that Paris changing policy ‘belatedly, but all the same,’ after beheading of history teacher who showed students cartoons of prophet Mohammed
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: Pope Francis, left, and Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, the grand imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar, exchange a joint statement on "human fraternity" after an interfaith meeting at the Founder's Memorial in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
October 21, 2020, 5:05 am
Al-Azhar imam condemns beheading, but says insults to religion ‘invite hatred’
In speech to Rome interfaith gathering, including Pope and French chief rabbi, leading Islamic scholar rails against freedom of expression, like showing images of Prophet Muhammad
By AFP
In this file photo taken on January 15, 2017, the Mayor of the 16th arrondissement Claude Goasguen greets protestors as they demonstrate during a rally in Paris against the Paris Middle East peace conference taking place in the French capital. (Photo by Pierre Constant/ AFP)
May 28, 2020, 5:12 pm
French lawmaker Claude Goasguen, staunch Israel supporter, dies of virus aged 75
‘I am in total solidarity with Israel. My great regret is that I am not a Jew myself,’ he said last year; Netanyahu, Jewish leaders pay tribute to Parisian politician
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this December 5, 2017, photo, French Nazi hunters Beate Klarsfeld (l) and her husband Serge look at at photos of young Jews deported from France at the Shoah Memorial in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
October 9, 2018, 5:38 am
Nazi hunter couple awarded top honors in France
Serge and Beate Klarsfeld decorated by President Emmanuel Macron for efforts to bring war criminals to justice
By AFP
Chief Rabbi of France Haim Korsia speaks to journalists on June 22, 2014, in Paris. (AFP/Fred Dufor)
September 17, 2018, 6:55 pm
French chief rabbi suggests special Yom Kippur prayer for terror victims
Haim Korsia says participating in national memorial that falls on Day of Atonement is a ‘deeply Jewish’ way to honor victims
By JTA
President of the Central Jewish Consistory of Paris Joel Mergui (C) greets French President Emmanuel Macron (L) upon his arrival to attend a ceremony to mark the Jewish New Year - Rosh Hashanah - at The Great Synagogue in Paris on September 4, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / YOAN VALAT)
September 5, 2018, 10:51 am
Macron attends Rosh Hashanah event at Paris synagogue
President does not speak at event due to France’s strict separation between state and religion; Jewish leaders warn of rising anti-Semitism
By AFP and ToI Staff
Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur. (Courtesy of MJLF)
January 7, 2018, 4:08 am
France’s foremost female rabbi faces flak over Jerusalem stance
Reform leader targeted by right-wing Jews for saying that East Jerusalem could become future Palestinian capital
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The Exodus ship (photo credit: Wikimedia commons)
July 9, 2017, 5:16 pm
France marks 70 years since ‘Exodus’ ship voyage to Israel
Survivors of journey that had profound influence on creation of Jewish state gather in Mediterranean port of Sete to mark anniversary
By Isabelle LIGNER
Chief Rabbi of France Haim Korsia speaks to journalists on June 22, 2014, in Paris. (AFP/Fred Dufor)
May 10, 2017, 11:41 am
French chief rabbi urges working with Muslims against nationalists
Jewish and Muslim leaders coordinating opposition to European legislation banning ritual slaughter of animals, public religious symbols
By Stuart Winer
French presidential election candidate for the En Marche! movement Emmanuel Macron looks at some of the 2,500 photographs of young Jews deported from France during the WWII Nazi occupation, during a visit to the Shoah Memorial on April 30, 2017 in Paris. (AFP/Pool/Philippe Wojazer)
May 6, 2017, 5:47 pm
Macron rules out unilateral recognition of Palestine
On eve of French presidential election, centrist frontrunner reiterates commitment to two-state solution
By ToI Staff
Chief Rabbi of France Haim Korsia speaks to journalists on June 22, 2014, in Paris. (AFP/Fred Dufor)
May 4, 2017, 3:07 pm
French chief rabbi joins rare multi-faith Macron endorsement
Haim Korsia signs declaration with Protestant and Muslim counterparts urging voters to back centrist candidate against far-right Marine Le Pen
By JTA
French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party, Marine Le Pen (2R) shakes hands with an employee as she visits the meat pavilion at the Rungis international food market, near Paris, on April 25, 2017. (Charles Platiau/AFP)
April 25, 2017, 11:07 pm
Marine Le Pen: Ban halal and all ritual slaughter
French far-right presidential candidate doesn’t cite kosher abattoirs, but says all slaughter without stunning should be prohibited
By JTA
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