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Fast Forward French Jews, Irked by Poor Economy and Anti-Semitism, Give Israel New Look
(Reuters) — When Daniel, a Jewish small business-owner, first raised the idea of leaving France eight years ago, parents and friends talked him out of taking the leap. Now, he says, even some of them are considering the move themselves. The 31-year-old plans to abandon his locksmith and window repair company based south of Paris…
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The Schmooze Woody Allen Goes Back to France in New Trailer
Looks like it’s back to France for Woody Allen. The first trailer for “Magic in the Moonlight,” the director’s latest film, starring Emma Stone and Colin Firth, has just been released. Woody seems to be going back to the winning concept that was “Midnight in Paris”: 1920s setting, la belle France (the south this time)…
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Fast Forward 74% of French Jews Consider Leaving Country
Nearly 75 percent of thousands of French Jews who participated in a recent survey said they are considering emigrating. The survey, whose results were released Monday by the Paris-based Siona organization of Sephardic French Jews, encompassed 3,833 respondents from the Jewish community of France, Siona said. Of the 74.2 percent of respondents who said they…
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Fast Forward Canada To Extradite Suspected Synagogue Arsonist to France
A Canadian court upheld a ruling ordering the extradition of an Ottawa professor to France, where he is suspected of taking part in a 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue that killed four people. In a decision Thursday, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s 2011 finding that Hassan Diab should be handed…
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Fast Forward Jewish Mother and Baby Attacked by Hate-Spewing Assailant in Paris
A woman assaulted a Jewish mother and her baby in Paris while shouting anti-Semitic slurs. In Tuesday’s incident, the assailant shook the stroller belonging to a 27-year-old mother while her 6-month-old baby was inside, according to the Drancy-based National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA. The mother described the attacker as being in her…
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Music France ‘Not So Pleasant’ for Jews: Leader
(JTA) — France’s flag has three stripes, and its motto promotes three values: liberty, equality and fraternity. Now, its Jewish community — Europe’s largest — faces three threats, according to Roger Cukierman, president of the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish organizations and a vice president of the World Jewish Congress. In an appearance at…
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Fast Forward French Chief Rabbi Accused of $120K Orthodox Divorce Shakedown
French Chief Rabbi Michel Gugenheim denied allegations that he had helped extort $120,000 from a woman who needed his signature to get a religious divorce. The family of the woman, who was not identified, on March 18 filed a deposition containing the allegation against Gugenheim and two members of his rabbinical court at a police…
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Fast Forward French Journalist Compares Toulouse Rampage to Israel Army Killings
Editors of a French television talk show censored a panelist’s comparison between the murder of Jewish children in Toulouse to the actions of the Israeli army. Aymeric Caron, a left-wing French journalist, made the comparison on April 26 as a member of a panel of interviewers of France 2’s show “On n’est Pas Couche” (“We’re…
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