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Opinion Think France’s Jews and Muslims Are Natural Enemies? Think Again.
It was late at night in central Paris. A group of Jews were enjoying themselves in their popular meeting spot, the Gamin de Paris, a café in the longtime Jewish quarter of the Marais. At about 11 PM, between 50 and 100 thugs, many of them Muslims, showed up to make trouble. Carrying Billy clubs,…
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Breaking News Jewish Teenager Assaulted Near Paris, Called ‘Dirty Jew’
A Jewish young man reported being assaulted near Paris by three black men, who hit him and called him a “dirty Jew.” The incident occurred on Tuesday in Montreuil, an eastern suburb of Paris, according to a report published Thursday by the National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism — a French watchdog group known locally…
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Breaking News French Chief Rabbi Calls for Solution to Refugee Crisis
The chief rabbi of France called on his country and the European Union to find solutions for the tens of thousands of immigrants streaming in from the Middle East. Rabbi Haim Korsia spoke of the immigrants – among them many refugees from Syria – at an annual ceremony in Paris’ Synagogue de la Victoire on…
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Breaking News Yasser Arafat ‘Poisoning’ Case Closed by France
A panel of French judges has closed a case accusing Israel of poisoning former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat without bringing any charges. The judges said there was “a lack of sufficient evidence” to continue the investigation, a prosecutor from the court in Nanterre, near Paris, told the French news agency AFP, which also cited the…
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The Schmooze Meet Alice Attal, France’s New Jewish ‘It’ Girl
Have you heard? The — big time. Get ready to see flares, suede, stacked heals, turtlenecks and wrap dresses — and not just in reruns of “Charlie’s Angels.” Too overwhelming? Need some style inspiration? No one, and I mean no one, made the 70s look better than Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. The French-Jewish singer and his…
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Opinion Can Dominique Strauss-Kahn Reinvent Himself — as France’s Next President?
While there are no second acts in American lives, as F. Scott Fitzgerald famously claimed, there seems to be a French exception. Over the past several weeks, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the Jewish former French finance minister, former head of the International Monetary Fund, former front-runner for the French presidency, and former perp at Riker’s Island, has…
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Breaking News Pro-Palestinian Organize ‘Gaza Sur Seine’ Rally at Paris Tel Aviv Event
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered near a Paris event celebrating Tel Aviv beach culture and established an alternative event called Gaza on Seine. Tel Aviv on Seine, part of the weeklong Paris Plages (“Paris Beaches”) festival, occurred Thursday as planned despite opposition from a Paris lawmaker and pro-Palestinian groups. The festival turns the banks of the Seine…
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News French Jews Find Haven From Anti-Semitism in Deauville — But Will It Last?
(JTA) This seaside community situated 125 miles west of Paris boasts windswept beaches, turquoise-water marinas, a grand casino, a race track and an Olympic-size swimming pool. Deauville, spanning 2.2 square miles, also has five kosher restaurants, three main synagogues and more than 20 smaller Jewish congregations. The picturesque Lower Normandy township emerged decades ago as…
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