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Life Essay Examines Dual Citizenship ‘In This New Nationalist Era’
Writer Pamela Druckerman, who is Jewish, has a brilliant, timely essay in the New York Times about her experiences as an American acquiring French citizenship, in the era of Brexit and Trump. A taste: [D]uring my [citizenship] interview, I froze when asked why I wanted to become French. I remembered hearing that when a rabbi…
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Fast Forward French Presidential Candidate Sorry For Anti-Semitic Caricature Of Rival
Francois Fillon’s party has apologized for tweeting a caricature of Emmanuel Macron, his main rival in the race to be France’s next president, that Fillon himself admitted was anti-Semitic. Fillon’s conservative The Republicans tweeted an image of the independent centrist Macron with a hooked nose, wearing a top hat and carrying a red sickle with…
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Fast Forward Paris Teen Gets 7 Years For Machete Attack On Jewish Teacher
(JTA) — A radicalized Paris teenager of Turkish descent who attacked a Jewish teacher with a machete was sentenced to seven years in jail. A juvenile court in Paris sentenced the teen in the January 2016 attack on Thursday, Reuters reported. The trial began on Wednesday. Benjamin Amsellem, the victim in the attack, told the…
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Fast Forward French Arab Coexistence Champion Authored Anti-Semitic Tweets
(JTA) – A former culture minister of France distanced herself from an up-and-coming journalist who interviewed her recently following the discovery of virulent anti-Semitic tweets he authored. Christiane Taubira, who last month granted a wide-ranging interview to Mehdi Meklat, 24, of the Les Inrocks magazine, said she would not have afforded him that access had…
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Opinion American Jews Should Move To Israel – But Not Out Of Fear
Following a spate of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, including dozens of bomb threats aimed at Jewish Community Centers and the desecration of two cemeteries, Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog raised the alarm. The head of the Zionist Union Party called on the Israeli government to “urgently prepare and draw up a national emergency…
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Fast Forward French Teacher Says He Hides Kippah After Machete Attack
(JTA) — On the eve of a landmark trial for terrorism in France, the alleged victim of the teenage defendant said that he has begun concealing his kippah following the suspected attack. Benjamin Amsellem, a teacher from Marseilles, told the news website 20 Minutes on Tuesday about how his life was turned upside down following…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Queer French Jews Spoof Britney Spears To Fête The Drag Queen of Purim
Esther’s not the only queen this Purim. Beit Haverim, France’s association for queer and trans Jews, cut a video ahead of this Sunday featuring drag queens (along with other male and female dancers) breaking it down while explaining the holiday. “Esther, the most beautiful of queens, has saved us from a certain death. Let’s sing,…
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Fast Forward Israel To ‘Anti-Semitic’ United States: Send Us Your Jews
Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog said that Israel should plan for a massive influx of diaspora Jews after security threats against American and French Jews. “I call on the government to urgently prepare and draw up a national emergency plan for the possibility of waves of immigration of our Jewish brothers to Israel,” Herzog said…
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