Anti-Semitic incidents soared in France in 2014
Jewish Journal
January 7, 2016
Anti-Semitic incidents doubled in France in 2014 over the previous year even as other hate crimes decreased, according to a new report.
Category
Je Suis Charlie / Je Suis Juif
Charlie Hebdo editor: We are used to Jews being killed
Jewish Journal
January 5, 2016
No one questions when Jews are killed because they are Jewish, the editor of Charlie Hebdo wrote in a special edition of the French satirical magazine marking the first anniversary of a terror attack on its staff.
Charlie Hebdo attack survivor is leaving publication
Jewish Journal
May 19, 2015
One of the few cartoonists to survive an Islamist militant attack on France\’s Charlie Hebdo journal is leaving the publication, saying he can no longer bear the pressure.
Police arrest four with ties to Paris kosher market terrorist
Jewish Journal
March 9, 2015
French authorities arrested four people with connections to the Islamist who seized hostages and killed four people at a kosher supermarket in Paris in January.
What’s next for the Jews of France?
Danielle Berrin
January 21, 2015
Maurice Benhamou, a Jewish citizen of France who lives in the coastal city of Marseilles, just a three-hour train ride from Paris, is not afraid.
Stay or go? French Jews face a growing – and emotional – dilemma
Jewish Journal
January 21, 2015
Israel? The United States? Canada? South Korea, India, Singapore or Japan? French Jews have intensified their search for a new home, and they’ve diversified their potential destinations.
Solidarity: Je Suis Charlie, Je Suis Juif
Jewish Journal
January 15, 2015
A dozen victims at a French newspaper, plus four hostages killed in a kosher grocery store: In France, it feels like the world is coming to an end.
Freedom to offend: A collection of cartoons
Jewish Journal
January 15, 2015
A 2012 cartoon by “Eliot” in the Qatari Al-Watan newspaper depicts a Jew driving with President Barack Obama’s head as a gearshift knob and the U.N. logo as his steering wheel.
Nous Sommes Charlie: This week we are Jewish Hebdo
Rob Eshman
January 15, 2015
In 2008, I had a chance to make a statement in defense of satire, and I passed.
Why there’s no Charlie Hebdo in Israel
Simone Wilson
January 14, 2015
In the hours that followed the deadly attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, cartoonists around the world paid tribute in the best way they knew how: through their own sketches.
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