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Fast Forward Toulouse Killer Had Worldwide Network
Mohammed Merah, the killer of four Jews from Toulouse,reportedly had contacted people in 20 countries including Israel before perpetrating the murders. The daily newspaper Le Monde reported last week that French security services declassified records that showed Merah had exchanged information over the telephone with people from Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Kenya,…
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Fast Forward John Galliano Loses Title Over Anti-Semitic Rants
French President Francois Hollande reportedly has stripped fashion designer John Galliano of his Legion of Honor medal because of anti-Semitic behavior. French media reported that a presidential decree published on France’s official journal said Galliano may no longer wear the medal – France’s highest honor – which he received in 2009. Last year Galliano, a…
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Opinion France’s Jewish Archbishop
In the United States, no one born abroad can grow up and become president. In France, any citizen can grow up and become president, or archbishop of Paris — even the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland. August 5 marks the fifth anniversary of the death of Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger. With his passing, France lost…
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Fast Forward French Jews Slam Pig-in-Mosque Desecration
French Jewish leaders are calling the tossing of two pig heads into a mosque not far from Toulouse “an odious desecration.” Worshippers at the Salam mosque in Montauban in southern France discovered two pig heads at the entrance to the building yesterday. On March 15, Muslim extremist Mohammed Merah murdered two French soldiers in the…
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Fast Forward French Swimmer’s Tattoo Honors Shoah Survivor
French Olympic swimmer Fabien Gilot said the Hebrew tattoo on his left arm is a tribute to his late grandmother’s husband, a Jewish survivor of Auschwitz. Gilot, who is not Jewish, said the tattoo is dedicated to his family and honors Max Goldschmidt, who has been a large influence in the Olympic champion’s life, Ynet…
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News Memory of French Resistance Stays Strong
It is difficult, if not impossible, in this town to forget World War II, and that is a matter of not-inconsequential pride. The Resistance movement was born here, and the reminders are everywhere. The Maternity Hospital, a short walk from the city?s center, hid Jews in its basement, repelling Nazi searches with a sign that…
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Opinion France’s Jewish Problem
Along with other post-industrial nations, France has long struggled with structural unemployment. Seismic shifts in its economy has led France to tolerate a level of joblessness — currently more than 10% — that would have been unthinkable a generation ago. But as events in the wake of the horrific massacre at a Jewish school in…
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Opinion Hollande Faces Challenge of Winning Over Jews
“I’m not criticizing, but simply making an observation” — “Je ne critique pas, je constate” — is a favorite rhetorical dagger of the French. It was unsheathed on Monday when CRIF, the Council of Representative Jewish Institutions in France, acknowledged Francois Hollande’s victory over Nicolas Sarkozy in a press release. Under the (awkward) title, “In…
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