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News Will Spike in French Emigration Decimate Jewish Life?
(JTA) — Taken alone, the attack on the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket near Paris is nothing that French Jews haven’t seen before. Arguably, the 2012 attack that caught the Toulouse community unprepared was more traumatic because children were killed. And the 1982 attack on the Goldenberg Jewish restaurant in Paris was deadlier than last week’s…
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Fast Forward Dieudonne Arrested for Backing Kosher Market Terrror
French police arrested the comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala over a Facebook comment that shows sympathy with the Paris kosher supermarket gunman. Dieudonne, who has multiple convictions for inciting racial hatred against Jews, was arrested Wednesday, AFP reported, on suspicion that he incited to terrorist acts. His arrest was over a statement that appeared on his…
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Israel News Who Are Israel’s French Immigrants — and Why Did They Come?
As French Jews in Israel watched the overwhelming show of solidarity against terrorism by French citizens following the recent attacks in Paris, many spoke of feeling alienated rather than comforted by the outpouring. France, they say, would never have staged the huge demonstration it did on January 11 had the attacks targeted Jews alone. “The…
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Opinion Should French Jews Stay — or Should They Go?
No sooner had the deadly siege of the kosher supermarket in Paris come to an awful end than Israel’s political leaders issued their emphatic pleas for French Jews to emigrate. “To all the Jews of France, all the Jews of Europe, I would like to say that Israel is not just the place in whose…
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Opinion If Muslims Need an iCondemn App, Why Not Jews?
Since the Paris attacks, the internet has been overflowing with support for the victims and calls for freedom of expression. But, alarmingly and perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s also been full of demands for Muslims to “take responsibility” and “condemn” the heinous acts — as if somehow all Muslims universally bear responsibility for every single deranged or vile…
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Opinion 8 Things You Might Not Know About French Jews
(JTA) — The deadly hostage siege at a kosher supermarket in Paris has French Jews (and some non-Jews) proclaiming “Je suis juif,” or “I am Jewish,” in solidarity with the four people killed in the attack. Who are the Jews of France? Here’s a primer. 1) How many Jews are there in France? About 500,000,…
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Fast Forward Republican Sorry for Comparing President Obama to Hitler Over Paris No-Show
Representative Randy Weber, a Republican from Texas, apologized on Tuesday for a tweet he issued comparing President Barack Obama’s decision not to attend a rally in Paris to Adolf Hitler’s visit to the city after the Nazis invaded. Weber, known for his anti-Obama rhetoric, tweeted on Monday: “Even Adolph Hitler thought it more important than…
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Opinion In France, a Jew and a Muslim Mourn Together
Rabbi Benjamin Hattab and Latifa Ibn Ziaten / France 2 screenshot Since the attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the Hyper Cacher supermarket in Paris, we’ve been hearing a lot about rising Muslim anti-Semitism and the precarious situation of Jews in France. But amidst all the fear, there was a moment of true connection when a…
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