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Fast Forward 10,000 March In Paris To Memorialize Killed Holocaust Survivor
PARIS (JTA) — At least 10,000 people participated in a memorial march in Paris for an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor who was burned and found dead with 11 stab wounds. Many of the marchers Wednesday were Jews, and some wore Israeli flags at the march for Mireille Knoll, who was found in her apartment last Friday….
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Fast Forward Macron ‘Appalled’ By Holocaust Victim’s Murder In Paris
(JTA) — French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the suspected murder of a Holocaust survivor in Paris, which he called “appalling” before vowing to fight anti-Semitism. Macron made the comment on Twitter on Tuesday about the March 23 slaying of Mirelle Knoll, 85, whose torched body was found with 11 stab wounds inside her apartment. Prosecutors…
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Fast Forward In Paris, The Demise Of Some Jewish Congregations Is Fueling Revival In Others
(JTA) NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France (JTA) — If French Jewry is facing an existential threat because of anti-Semitic violence, then little of the drama is on display in this affluent and heavily Jewish suburb of Paris. At a time when other areas of the Paris region have soldiers guarding fortified synagogues and patrolling streets with many Jewish…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivor’s Body Found Burnt, Stabbed In Paris Apartment
(JTA) – The burnt and stabbed body of a Holocaust survivor was found in her Paris apartment, in what a watchdog on anti-Semitism said was a case reminiscent of an alleged anti-Semitic hate crime. The National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, wrote in a statement Sunday that the suspected murder of the 85-year-old…
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Fast Forward French Consulate Employee Used Diplomatic Car To Smuggle Hamas Weapons
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A driver for the French Consulate in eastern Jerusalem used a car with diplomatic plates to smuggle weapons from Hamas in Gaza to the West Bank. The driver, French national Romain Franck, and his Palestinian security guard were arrested for the smuggling last month, the Israel Security Agency, or Shin Bet, announced…
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Fast Forward French Judge Drops Hate Crime Charges Against Gang Accused Of Assaulting Jew
NICE, France (JTA) — A French judge preparing a trial of Arab teenagers who allegedly assaulted a Jewish youth outside a synagogue omitted hate crime charges from a draft indictment, a watchdog group said. The National Bureau for Vigilance Against Ant-Semitism, or BNVCA, protested in a statement on Tuesday the omission from the indictment of…
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Fast Forward Arab Teenagers Arrested For Beating Jewish Boy Outside French Synagogue
(JTA) — Police in France arrested four teenagers who are suspected of beating a Jewish boy with a stick and taking away his kippah outside a synagogue north of Paris. The suspects were detained Wednesday night in Montmagny, the Le Parisien daily reported Thursday. Their alleged suspect, 14, was beaten after 8 p.m. outside the…
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Fast Forward French Rabbi’s Baby Burned With Acid Placed In Stroller
(JTA) — The baby daughter of a French rabbi was burned after being exposed to acid placed in her carriage. The 14-month-old girl suffered burns on her back and thighs Monday in the city of Bron, near Lyon, Le Parisien daily reported Wednesday. The baby is not in danger, according to the report. The acid…
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