search
Nice
French Jews celebrating the inauguration of a new Torah scroll at the Grand Synagogue of Nice, July 11, 2019. (Courtesy of Consistoire Nice/Henri Belhassen via JTA)
September 28, 2019, 4:31 am
Hit by terror and economic woes, Nice’s Jewish community faces uncertain future
Unemployment, anti-Semitism and aftermath of devastating 2016 terror attack are driving Jews away from southern French city, residents say
By Cnaan Liphshiz
File: Soldiers stand guard outside the Jewish Community Center in Nice, France, February 3, 2015. (AFP Photo/Valery Hache)
November 1, 2018, 5:54 pm
Graffiti about ’12 dead’ and Jesus painted on French Jewish center
Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi sees link between vandalism at community mikveh and Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
By JTA
Illustrative photo of French police officers on patrol near the Louvre Museum in Paris, February 3, 2017 (AFP/Alain Jocard)
October 14, 2018, 1:44 pm
Jewish teens assaulted, robbed in anti-Semitic attack in France
Four suspects arrested, fifth on the loose after incident in central Nice in which Star of David pendant was snatched from one of the victims
By JTA
A policeman wearing a bulletproof vest stands near a firefighters vehicle on a road near the Tocqueville high school in the southern French town of Grasse, on March 16, 2017 following a shooting that left two people injured. (Valery Hache/AFP)
March 16, 2017, 4:38 pm
At least 2 hurt in shooting at French school
A 17-year-old student armed with a rifle, 2 handguns and 2 grenades is arrested
By Claudine Renaud
Illustrative: French gendarmes take part in a simulation of a terror attack during a training exercise of the Civil Security to test the reactivity of rescue teams at Sainte-Therese middle school in Beaumont-sur-Sarthe, northwestern France, on November 15, 2016. (AFP Photo/Jean-Francois Monier)
November 23, 2016, 8:53 am
Two suspects freed in France terror plot probe
Five men remain in custody after weekend police raids uncovered weapons, jihadist propaganda
By AFP
Students comfort each other at the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school where a gunman opened fire killing four people in Toulouse, on March 19, 2012. (AP/Remy de la Mauviniere)
November 18, 2016, 6:54 pm
French baby named for killer of 4 Jews at Toulouse school
Nice mayor refers case to city prosecutor, saying calling child after Mohammed Merah encourages violence and terrorism
By JTA
Women join a demonstration organized by "Stand up to Racism" outside the French Embassy in London on August 26, 2016 against the burkini ban on French beaches. (AFP Photo/Justin Tallis)
September 1, 2016, 8:26 pm
French city Nice ends burkini ban after defiance
Coastal town imposed the restriction on the Muslim swimwear in wake of July 14 jihadist attack that killed 86
By AFP
Women join a demonstration organized by "Stand up to Racism" outside the French Embassy in London on August 26, 2016 against the burkini ban on French beaches. (AFP Photo/Justin Tallis)
August 27, 2016, 4:59 pm
French resorts defiant as top court suspends burkini ban
Beach towns vow to continue fining women wearing full-body swimsuit despite court ruling overturning the ‘clearly illegal’ restriction
By Claudine Renaud and Aurelia End
A woman wearing a burkini joins a demonstration outside the French Embassy in London on August 25, 2016, during a 'Wear what you want beach party' to protest the ban on the swimwear on French beaches, and to show solidarity with Muslim women. (AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS)
August 25, 2016, 11:14 pm
French president, PM double down on burkini ban
Day before court set to rule on prohibition, Hollande says everyone should ‘stick to rules,’ while Valls rails against ‘sign of religious proselytizing’
By AFP and AP
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to the media outside Paris on August 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
August 24, 2016, 11:39 pm
France’s Sarkozy calls burkinis ‘provocation,’ vows religious sign ban
Conservative ex-president, running for job again, says full body swimsuit worn by some Muslim women indicates support for radicalized Islam
By Agencies
Muslim models display burkini swimsuits at a shop in western Sydney on August 19, 2016. (AFP/SAEED KHAN)
August 24, 2016, 12:18 pm
Woman on French beach ordered to remove burkini
Cops tell sunbather to strip off Muslim modesty garb on Nice seashore; another fined for wearing headscarf in Cannes
By Stuart Winer and AFP
Women on beach with one, left, wearing a burkini, a full-body swimsuit designed for Muslim women. (AFP/FETHI BELAID)
August 24, 2016, 10:17 am
Beach burkinis stoke France’s long debate on secularism
Opponents of ban on Islam-conforming beachwear say secular cause is being used as an excuse to control Muslims
By Elaine Ganley
A woman and child pass by French flags at half mast near the site of a deadly attack on the famed Boulevard des Anglais in Nice, southern France, Saturday, July 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
August 20, 2016, 2:41 am
Attacks in France weigh heavily on tourist bookings
Number of foreign visitors to country drops nearly 8.5% from April to June compared with the same period last year
By AFP
Illustrative: French policemen at the arrest of a man in the Normandy city of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, where an elderly priest was killed by two terrorists who claimed to be acting on behalf of the Islamic State jihadist group, on July 26, 2016. (AFP/Charly Triballeau)
July 29, 2016, 4:20 pm
French police arrest Syrian refugee over church attack
Asylum seeker held on suspicion of involvement in Tuesday’s killing of priest in jihadist assault in Normandy town
By TOI staff and AFP
A French flag flying at half-mast at an empty beach on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice a day after a terrorist attack in the French city killed 84, July 15, 2016. (David Ramos/Getty Images)
July 27, 2016, 5:43 pm
For Jews of Nice, terrorist attack came as no surprise
Suffering years of anti-Semitic harassment from Muslim fundamentalists, the 20,000-strong Jewish community is familiar with the city’s dark side
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Load More