https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Two people have been charged with the murder of an 85-year-old French Jewish woman, who was repeatedly stabbed and whose body was then set alight in a crime being treated as anti-Semitic, a judicial source said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180327/paris-anti-semitism-fears-over-brutal-murder-of-85-year-old-holocaust-survivor Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:52:07 +0200 paris-anti-semitism-fears-over-brutal-murder-of-85-year-old-holocaust-survivor A Jewish politician who was found dead in his home in the suburbs of Paris on Tuesday was stabbed and beaten, his relatives have reportedly said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160112/jewish-politician-found-dead-in-paris-home Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:55:12 +0100 jewish-politician-found-dead-in-paris-home The top Jewish leader in Marseille on Tuesday urged Jews in the southern French port city to refrain from wearing skullcaps "until better days" after a teacher was hurt in a machete attack by a Kurdish teenager. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160112/marseille-jews-warned-against-wearing-skullcaps Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:32:39 +0100 marseille-jews-warned-against-wearing-skullcaps A French MP has started a petition calling for vegetarian meals to be introduced to all French school canteens. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150817/french-mp-calls-for-veggie-meals-in-schools Mon, 17 Aug 2015 14:34:44 +0200 french-mp-calls-for-veggie-meals-in-schools After his career with Dior ended overnight due to a drunken anti-Semitic rant, fashion designer John Galliano is returning to the world of French fashion. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141006/fallen-brit-designer-galliano-returns-to-fashion Mon, 06 Oct 2014 14:06:00 +0200 fallen-brit-designer-galliano-returns-to-fashion French youths radicalised by Islamists are a major threat to France's Jews, who are already subjected to a surge in anti-Semitism, says the country's new Chief Rabbi. But he insists that the 500,000-strong community can trust the state to do all it can to protect them. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140916/jews-religion-society-islam-france-rabbi Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:43:00 +0200 jews-religion-society-islam-france-rabbi In the first half of the year anti-Semitic attacks nearly doubled in France, with organized gangs and "terrorist attacks" against Jews prompting particular concern. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140912/spike-in-anti-semitic-attacks-in-france Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:00:00 +0200 spike-in-anti-semitic-attacks-in-france So far this year the biggest number of Jews to emigrate to Israel from around the world have come from France. Even though the Jewish community in France is the third largest in the world, the figures come after a worrying spike in anti-Semitic attacks and abuse this year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140905/french-jews-top-migrants-to-israel-in-2014 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:05:00 +0200 french-jews-top-migrants-to-israel-in-2014 France’s 'top cop' has been forced to remind local authorities of their duty to report all acts of racism and anti-Semitism to law enforcement officials so culprits can be prosecuted. The move comes as the Gaza crisis has led to increased tensions in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140801/frances-top-cop-gets-tough-on-anti-semitism Fri, 01 Aug 2014 13:20:00 +0200 frances-top-cop-gets-tough-on-anti-semitism The French government is considering banning a violent, extremist Jewish ‘self-defense’ group that has been involved in recent fighting with pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Similar groups have already been banned in Israel and targeted by the FBI in the United States. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140731/france-may-ban-violent-jewish-fringe-group Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:21:00 +0200 france-may-ban-violent-jewish-fringe-group The anxious Jewish community in the Paris suburb of Sarcelles was left picking up the pieces on Monday a day after being targeted by "anti-Semitic" rioters. The Local visited the town, where some French Jews said they were considering leaving the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140721/france-anti-semitism-violence-palestinian Mon, 21 Jul 2014 16:18:00 +0200 france-anti-semitism-violence-palestinian A video has emerged of a violent running street battle that kicked off Sunday in central Paris between a mob of hardline Jewish youths and pro-Palestinian demonstrators who’d attacked a nearby synagogue. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140716/synagogue-jew-attack-palestinian-paris Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:55:00 +0200 synagogue-jew-attack-palestinian-paris Days after demonstrators, angry over the latest Israeli bombardment of Gaza, tried to storm two Paris synagogues, leaders of Jewish groups in France tell The Local that the community is braced for more anti-Semitic attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140715/frances-jews-feel-israel-palestine-violence Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:11:00 +0200 frances-jews-feel-israel-palestine-violence Anti-racism campaigners reacted with outrage on Sunday to an apparent anti-Semitic pun by France's former far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen that even his own party and daughter were quick to criticize. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140609/pun-by-french-far-right-party-founder-slammed-as-anti-semitic Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:33:00 +0200 pun-by-french-far-right-party-founder-slammed-as-anti-semitic Mehdi Nemmouche, the French Islamist arrested on suspicion of a triple murder at the Brussels Jewish Museum, is to contest being handed over by France to Belgium, his lawyer said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140605/brussels-shooting-suspect-to-fight-french-handover-to-belgium Thu, 05 Jun 2014 11:55:00 +0200 brussels-shooting-suspect-to-fight-french-handover-to-belgium From his kosher store in Paris, David Slama has watched the rise of a violent "new anti-Semitism" for more than a decade. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140605/europes-jews-grapple-with-new-anti-semitism Thu, 05 Jun 2014 10:55:19 +0200 europes-jews-grapple-with-new-anti-semitism The main suspect in the deadly attack on a Belgian Jewish museum has a history of criminal convictions and comes from one of France's poorest towns. But his family say he's 'nice, intelligent and educated.' https://www.thelocal.fr/20140602/jewish-massacre-suspect-he-seemed-normal Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:32:00 +0200 jewish-massacre-suspect-he-seemed-normal Hours after four people, including a French woman, were gunned down at a Jewish museum in Brussels by a killer who remains on the loose, two brothers were targeted in an apparent anti-Semitic beating near Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140526/paris-jewish-beating-anti-semetic Mon, 26 May 2014 15:54:00 +0200 paris-jewish-beating-anti-semetic A new global survey on anti-Semitism made uncomfortable reading for France where more than one in three people were found to hold anti-Semitic views. However some experts say the figure exaggerates the problem of anti-Semitism in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140515/one-in-three-french-deemed-anti-semitic Thu, 15 May 2014 14:03:00 +0200 one-in-three-french-deemed-anti-semitic The UN's cultural agency said Friday it would postpone an exhibition tracing 3,500 years of relationship between the Jewish people and Israel, after Arab countries warned the show could jeopardise the peace process. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140118/unesco-postpones-paris-jewish-exhibit Sat, 18 Jan 2014 10:38:00 +0100 unesco-postpones-paris-jewish-exhibit