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News What’s a Jewish Town Doing in the Middle of ‘Madame Bovary?’
The other day, a French friend who lives in Israel used the expression quel capharnaüm to describe the state of her apartment after her small grandchildren had come for a visit. What she meant was, “What a mess,” but to my surprise, when I told her she had used a most appropriate word for Hebrew-speaking…
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Fast Forward Paris College Hecklers Shut Down Israel Event
A French university defended its decision to shut down a pro-Israel event after disruptions by pro-Palestinian activists. The administration of the Paris 8 University in Saint-Denis near Paris stopped the March 14 activity of approximately 10 members of the “What Israel” group “regretfully, and because of the risk of disruption of public order,” the university…
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Fast Forward French Minister Accuses Israel Opponents of Anti-Semitism
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls called anti-Zionism “an invitation to anti-Semitism” at a rally in Paris commemorating four Jews who were murdered in Toulouse in 2012. Valls made the statement during a speech on Wednesday – the two-year anniversary of the murder at a local Jewish day school of Rabbi Jonathan Sandler; his two sons,…
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News Toulouse Jewish Leader Urges Young Jews To Flee France
On the two-year anniversary of the murder of four Jews in Toulouse, the president of the local Jewish community encouraged young Jews to leave France. Arie Bensemhoun, the community’s president, said young Jews should leave Toulouse because they could not practice Judaism openly and without fear there. “I won’t deny that, yes, I encourage the…
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The Schmooze Enrico Macias, Sephardic Superstar
If you’ve grown up as a Sephardic Jew, there’s one singer that you’ve reliably heard at every single wedding, bar/bat-mitzvah, engagement party, Shabbat, or celebration of any kind. His name is Enrico Macias. Born Gaston Ghrenassia in Constantine — then in French Algeria — in 1938, the Jewish “Pied Noir” singer has come to embody…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Denier Runs for Paris City Council
France’s far-right National Front party placed a Holocaust denier on its list of candidates for the municipal elections in Paris. The candidate, Pierre Panet, wrote in 2012 that he “shares the analysis of Roger Garaudy,” a convicted Holocaust denier. The L’Express daily reported on his candidacy Wednesday. The same year, he told the AFP news…
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Fast Forward Jewish Man Attacked With Taser Outside Paris Synagogue
Two unidentified men wielding a taser gun assaulted a Jewish man near a Paris synagogue. The attack happened on Monday night at a building next to a synagogue on Pavee Street in Paris’ 4th arrondissement, according to the News site JSSnews.com. The victim was identified as K. Sassoun, a 52-year-old Israeli. The perpetrators fled from…
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Fast Forward France Set To Return Nazi-Looted Art
Ahead of the French premier of a Hollywood film on art looted by Nazi Germany, France has announced the restitution of three precious paintings. The paintings are to be returned Tuesday, one day before the premiere in France of “The Monuments Men,” a film on Nazi-looted art starring George Clooney. The conjunction of these two…
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News Mamdani opposes Zionism, but wants New York public schools to teach about it
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