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Fast Forward Paris Shop With Mezuzah Hit by Gunfire
For the third time in a week, bullet holes were discovered at a Jewish establishment in the Paris area. The latest incident was discovered on Friday by the owner of a printing shop in the French capital’s 19th arrondissement, the BNVCA watchdog on anti-Semitism reported on its website. “After the attacks opon Jewish schools and…
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Fast Forward French Town Ordered To Yank ‘Terrorist’ Plaque
A Paris suburb must remove a plaque honoring a convicted Palestinian terrorist, a French judge ruled. Municipal authorities in Bezons were ordered to take down the plaque for Ihrima Majdi Al Rimawi, who was convicted in the 2001 assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi in Jerusalem. The judge told the Communist Party-dominated Bezons Council…
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Fast Forward Is Europe Running Out of Patience With Israel?
(JTA) — When Britain’s Parliament voted in favor of recognizing Palestine in October, Elie Barnavi, a former Israeli ambassador to France, dismissed the motion as mere symbolism. Reflecting many Israelis’ view of the string of nonbinding motions on Palestinian statehood adopted by European parliaments in recent weeks, Barnavi said the vote should be seen as…
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Fast Forward Shouting ‘Palestine,’ Driver Plows Car Into French Crowd
A French motorist reportedly shouted “This is in the name of the children of Palestine” as he slammed his car into crowds in eastern France. At least 11 people were injured, two critically, in the incident Sunday in the city of Dijon, the French news agency AFP reported. The news agency cited a source close…
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Fast Forward French Immigration to Israel Soars to All-Time High
Jewish immigration from France to Israel reached an all-time record of 6,655 newcomers, in the first 11 months of 2014. The figure, which appears in a Jewish Agency document compiled this month, may guarantee that France will be this year’s number one source for aliyah, or immigration by Jews and their relatives to Israel. The…
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Fast Forward Dieudonne Wants Meeting With French Jewish Leaders
French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala, who has multiple convictions for inciting racial hatred against Jews, wants to meet with representatives of France’s Jewish community. In an open letter sent last week, lawyers for Dieudonne asked Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and Gilles Clavreul, the French government’s interministerial delegate for the fight against anti-Semitism, to organize the…
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Culture Judith Mergui Finds Funny Side of Sephardic French Exodus to Israel
(JTA) — A decade ago, when Israel’s community of French-speakers was only beginning its huge growth, my mother dismissively remarked that the newcomers’ “biggest contribution to this country will be all the lovely concerts.” A French speaker who grew up listening to chanson giants on Israeli radio, she was referring to how the accumulation of Francophone…
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Fast Forward 20 French Theaters Blasted for Hosting ‘Quenelle’ Comic Dieudonne
The umbrella group of French Jewish communities condemned 20 theaters that plan to host the overtly anti-Semitic one-man show of comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala. The CRIF umbrella issued the condemnation on Tuesday in connection with the show by Dieudonne, who has been convicted multiple times for inciting hate against Jews. He intends to take his…
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