This is the Forward’s coverage of the nation of France.
France
The Latest
-
News Le Pen Says Yarmulke Ban Would Be Fair
French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen clarified her support of a ban on wearing kipahs in public. Le Pen, leader of the National Front, told French television on Saturday that “Jewish skullcaps are obviously not a problem in our country,” but France has to “ban them in the name of equality,” Haaretz reported. A day…
-
Fast Forward France’s Le Pen Backs Ban on Kippahs
French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen said she supports a ban on wearing kipahs in public in addition to a ban on Muslim headscarves. “Obviously, if the veil is banned, the kipah [should be] banned in public as well,” the French daily Le Monde quoted Le Pen, leader of the National Front, as saying in…
-
Opinion Fueling Rage Over Anti-Islam Film
In the media’s coverage of the days of rage and violence against the United States that have swept the Muslim world, Jews and Israel have hardly been mentioned; yet they have a place in the beginning, the middle and, we can hope, the end of this story. The beginning: Already seemingly forgotten is that the…
-
News Grenade Tossed at Paris Kosher Grocery
An explosion at a kosher grocery shop near Paris, reportedly caused by a grenade, damaged the store and injured a shopper, French police said. Police have not linked Wednesday afternoon’s attack to the release of caricatures hours earlier by a Paris weekly depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad, including one featuring a haredi Orthodox Jew and…
-
Fast Forward French Jews Condemn Anti-Islam Cartoon
The president of the representative body of France’s Jewish communities has condemned the new publication of caricatures of the Muslim prophet Muhammad. The publication Wednesday of the caricatures in the French weekly Charlie Hebdo “in the current context” is “irresponsible,” Dr. Richard Prasquier, the president of the Jewish umbrella body CRIF, said in a statement….
-
Fast Forward French Cartoon of Jew and Muhammed Sparks Anger
A French magazine ridiculed the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday by portraying him naked in cartoons, threatening to fuel the anger of Muslims around the world who are already incensed by a video depicting him as a lecherous fool. The drawings in the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo risked exacerbating a crisis that has seen the storming…
-
Fast Forward Simone Veil Wins France’s Highest Honor
French President Francois Hollande has awarded France’s highest honor to Simone Veil, a French politician and Holocaust survivor. Hollande personally presented Veil, 85, with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour at the Elysee Palace on Sept. 10. A lawyer by education, she served as Minister of Health under the center-right government of Valery…
-
Fast Forward French Soccer Fan Fined for Nazi Salute
A French judge has fined a French soccer fan for making a Hitler salute at a match and banned him from entering his city’s main stadium. The court in Brest, in western France, imposed a $910 fine on the 32-year-old man, according to the news site Paris Depeches. He was seen making the Hitler salute…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Bob Dylan warned us about guys like Stephen Miller
- 2
Opinion The ICE shooting in Minneapolis shattered my Holocaust survivor father’s American dream
- 3
Opinion A quiet diplomatic shift in the Middle East, with monumental consequences for Israel
- 4
News Why protests in Iran seem surprisingly pro-Israel
In Case You Missed It
-
News The ADL’s turn away from civil rights was years in the making — Oct. 7 accelerated it
-
Opinion What Jackson, Mississippi’s only synagogue means to its city — in the wake of arson, and beyond
-
Yiddish אַ גוטע בשׂורה וועגן דעם נײַעם פֿאָרווערטס־פּאָדקאַסטGood news about the new Forverts podcast
במשך פֿון די ערשטע פֿינעף טעג האָט מען אים אַראָפּגעלאָדן מער ווי טויזנט מאָל.
-
Yiddish World You can now enjoy the Yiddish Book Center’s exhibit on your phone
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
