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Fast Forward French Chief Rabbi Joins Interfaith Endorsement Of Emmanuel Macron
(JTA) — France’s chief rabbi joined a Muslim and Christian faith leaders in an unusual endorsement of the centrist presidential candidate Emannuel Macron against the far-right hopeful Marine Le Pen. Haim Korsia’s office issued the endorsement Thursday, a day after a remarkably acrimonious televised debate between the two candidates ahead of the May 7 runoff. Titled “Call to…
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Fast Forward Marine Le Pen Lays Wreath At Holocaust Memorial
Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate in the French presidential elections, visited a Holocaust memorial in Marseille days after news that her choice for interim party head had denied aspects of the Holocaust. Le Pen on Sunday laid a wreath at a memorial in Marseille to French victims of the Holocaust. The memorial was erected…
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Fast Forward Le Pen’s New Party Leader Fired Over Holocaust Denial
(JTA) — The leadership of the far-right National Front party in France replaced its pick for interim president following reports he had denied aspects of the Holocaust. Jean-François Jalkh, who temporarily took Marine Le Pen’s place leading the National Front ahead of the May 7 presidential election runoff, was replaced on Friday, two days after…
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Fast Forward France Detains 10 For Ties To 2015 Kosher Supermarket Killings
(JTA) — French police have detained 10 people in the investigation of the deadly 2015 attack on a Jewish supermarket in Paris, sources close to the probe told Agence France Presse on Wednesday. The suspects include a suspected arms trafficker, Claude Hermant. Investigators are seeking to ascertain how the assailant, France-based jihadist Amedy Coulibaly, obtained the…
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Fast Forward Israeli President Rivlin Calls Out Le Pen On Holocaust Remarks
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin used Holocaust Remembrance Day to lash out at Marine Le Pen, the far right nationalist French leader who came in second in the first round of voting in the French presidential election. Without naming Le Pen, Rivlin referred to a “French presidential candidate” who “denied France’s responsibility for the deportation of…
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Fast Forward Le Pen Steps Aside As National Front Leader In Bid For French Presidency
Marine Le Pen, one of two candidates for the next president of France, took a leave of absence Monday from her role as leader of the National Front, the far-right party that she and her father have led for four decades. “I think that we are approaching a decisive moment. I still believe that the…
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Fast Forward Buoyant Marine Le Pen Blows ‘Globalist’ Dog Whistle As France Campaign Kicks Off
(JTA) — Supporters of Emmanuel Macron were not alone in cheering his victory Sunday in the first round of France’s presidential elections. Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, who finished second in the voting, saw it as excellent news. The two will face off in the final round next month after the centrist Macron won 23 percent…
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Opinion What Macron’s Victory Says About French Jews
The vast majority of French Jews are celebrating Emmanuel Macron’s first-round victory in the presidential runoff. He is a globalist with a social conscience, a convinced European who will not lock France into a populist straightjacket. French Jews, like most of their compatriots. feared the possible presence of two other candidates in the second round:…
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