Marseille
Women Insulted For Reading Torah At French Synagogue
— Women who read aloud from the Torah at a synagogue in Marseille were subjected to threats and insults by congregants after local rabbis c…
French Jew Wearing Kippah Threatened With Hammer
Leaders of the Jewish community in Marseilles have advised Jews not to wear kippot in public for safety reasons.
French Rabbi Accused of Concocting Anti-Semitic Attack
A French-Jewish teacher who in November told police he had been assaulted by Jihadists was arrested on suspicion that he lied about the attack.
Every Single Frenchman Can Don a Kippah and It Still Won't Help French Jews
As some warn French Jews to avoid wearing a kippah, others are donning the skullcap in solidarity. Robert Zaretsky asks: Is this symbolic gesture really helpful — or just a cheap gimmick?
Do Anti-Semitic Attacks Signal End of 'Marseille Miracle'?
Only three years ago, the Jews of Marseille were able to congregate without security and in relative safety in their synagogues and community centers. While violence by Muslim extremists rose throughout France, it largely spared the southern port city, where 80,000 Jews and 250,000 Muslims live.
Marseille Jews Split on Wearing Kippahs After Spate of Attacks
Representatives of the Jewish community of Marseille issued conflicting statements on whether Jews should hide their kippah in the southern French city following a spate of anti-Semitic stabbings.
"Ill' Man Who Stabbed Jew in Marseille Gets 4 Years
A man who stabbed a Jew and assaulted two other Jews in Marseille was sentenced to four years is prison.
Jewish Man Assaulted in Marseilles Over Gaza War
A man in his 60s was lightly wounded in an apparent anti-Semitic assault in Marseille.
After Brussels Bust, France Nabs 'Jihad Recruiters'
After arresting a suspect in the Brussels Jewish museum rampage, French police have arrested four people suspected of recruiting would-be jihadist fighters.
French Chief Rabbi Denies Funeral Extort Try
Marseille’s chief rabbi has denied allegations that his employees tried to extort illicit funds from a bereaved family.