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Breaking News French Lawmakers Banned From Wearing Religious Symbols In Parliament
French lawmakers have been banned from wearing religious symbols in parliament under a proposal submitted by a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s party. On Wednesday, the National Assembly’s administrative office adopted the proposal of En Marche’s François de Rugy, which states that in an effort to “maintain an atmosphere of neutrality” in the parliament does…
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Fast Forward French Comedian Makes Holocaust Joke On Prime-Time Broadcast
(JTA) — A public broadcaster in France is being criticized for airing a Belgian comedienne’s joke about the Holocaust. France 2 aired the joke by Laura Laune, 31, on Friday in its 8 p.m. news journal. A winner of the 2017 season of the French counterpart of the America’s Got Talent show, she was seen…
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Fast Forward U.S., Israeli, Saudi Policies On Iran ‘Would Lead Us To War’: French President
(JTA) — French President Emmanuel Macron said the policies concerning Iran of the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia may lead to war. Macron, who in November said France wished to counter “Iranian hegemony” in the region, made the remarks on Jan. 3 in Paris during a talk with media outlets and diplomats, the Russian…
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Community Ten Commandments For Thinking About Modern Anti-Semitism
In an op-ed for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on January 2, editor-in-chief Andrew Silow-Carroll suggests that defining anti-Semitism is a key question of the moment, but that it’s complicated given the polarization of left and right. Like so much else in politics today, the debate about contemporary anti-Semitism is a dialogue of the deaf waged…
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Breaking News France’s Foremost Female Rabbi Faces Flak Over Jerusalem Stance
PARIS (JTA) — When Delphine Horvilleur, France’s best-known female rabbi, began appearing regularly in the media, her friends and relatives feared it would expose her to threats or attacks by anti-Semites. Several years later it appears they were only partially wrong. Horvilleur’s media profile does invite hate speech and abuse online – but mostly from…
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Fast Forward France Denies It Has Secret Tax Department Investigating Jews
The French government has denied a report that it set up a secret division of its tax authority devoted to investigating French Jews with property in Israel. The Israeli business newspaper Globes reported on Thursday that France’s Ministry of Finance had hired 20 Hebrew-speaking employees who are charged with poring over tax and property records…
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Fast Forward French Publishing House Pulps Kids’ Paper Claiming Israel ‘Not A Real Country’
(JTA) — One of France’s oldest publishing houses announces the recall of a magazine for children featuring trivia game cards stating that Israel and North Korea are not real countries. The cards that appeared in the January 2018 edition of the Youpi magazine, which belongs to the Groupe Bayard publishing house, read: “197: We call…
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Fast Forward Corsica Just Had Its First Hanukkah Celebration Ever
(JTA) — Corsica saw its first public celebration of Hanukkah in its recorded history, according to the French Mediterranean island’s only rabbi. The event took place in the central Foch Square of the capital Ajaccio on Tuesday, the last of the Jewish holiday’s eight days, on which Jews light menorahs with candles, the Corse-Matin daily…
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