Elsewhere in the world, unveiling plans for a new Jewish cultural center might merit little more than a cocktail reception.
Prosecutors in Paris presented their case against 15 defendants accused of planning jihadist attacks on French Jews and other targets.
When mainstream French media report about Jewish schools, it’s usually not good news.
In light of the recent multiple stabbing on an Israeli bus, and the missile strike on the Golan that killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded seven – an apparent Hezbollah retaliation for an Israeli strike that killed a senior Hezbollah commander and an Iranian General – I found myself thinking in a broader context about the current controversy of Jewish life in France.
I am an American non-Jew and basically secular in thought.
At a busy supermarket in Jerusalem a smartly dressed woman, recently arrived in Israel, was stopping shoppers to ask if anyone spoke French. Having found a candidate, her first question was: \”Where\’s the cheese counter?\”
The history of Jews in France is the history of Modern France.
Taken alone, the attack on the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket near Paris is nothing that French Jews haven’t seen before.
Who are the Jews of France? Here’s a primer.
French Jews are feeling embattled. Arsonists have targeted their synagogues, terrorists have attacked their schools and shops, and, with only a few exceptions, French society has not united behind them to stop the assaults and harassment.
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