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Fast Forward Palestinian-French lawmaker arrested after praising 1972 bomber of Ben Gurion Airport
Rima Hassan decried the charges, writing on social media that she was the "target of political, judicial, and media harassment.”
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Fast Forward The real Holocaust history behind ‘Papillon,’ the Oscar-nominated short about a star Jewish swimmer
A painterly animated film revives the memory of French Olympic hero Alfred Nakache, a Jewish survivor of Auschwitz
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Theater He may have been the world’s most famous mime, but in this play, he won’t shut up
Ethan Slater misses the mark with 'Marcel on the Train,' an uneven play about Marcel Marceau’s Holocaust rescues
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Film & TV In a stylish mystery, Jodie Foster releases the dybbuk of French Jewish identity
‘A Private Life’ gets at the heart of a demon France has yet to fully exorcise
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Opinion In Brigitte Bardot, a complicated legacy of movie stardom, activism, xenophobia and antisemitism
Bardot, who has died at 91, lurched to the right after she retired from motion pictures in 1973
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Fast Forward In first move as U.S. ambassador, Charles Kushner accuses President Macron of failing to protect French Jews
Kushner warned that Macron’s criticism of Israel and support for Palestinian statehood ‘fuel violence and endanger Jewish life in France’
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Opinion If an antisemite chops down a memorial tree in Paris, how do we know it makes a sound?
The destruction of an olive tree planted in honor of murder victim Ilan Halimi has drawn widespread condemnation but little press
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Opinion Recognizing Palestinian statehood, Emmanuel Macron once again reveals himself a master of bad timing
Unlike his role model Charles de Gaulle, the French prime minister always chooses the wrong moment to act
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