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'Anti-Semitic' robbers target Jewish family near Paris

Mon, 11 Sep 2017 12:36:18 +0200

A Jewish family was beaten, held hostage and robbed in their home near Paris because of their religion, French authorities and anti-hate groups have said.

Macron win sends a 'powerful message' to the far-right, says Europe's top rabbi

Tue, 09 May 2017 14:26:51 +0200

One of Europe's top rabbis welcomed pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron's victory in the French presidential election, saying voters sent a "very powerful" message to the country's far-right.

VIDEO: Despite her efforts, Jewish voters in France still fear Marine Le Pen

Mon, 17 Apr 2017 19:16:42 +0200

In this video members of the Jewish community in Paris tell The Local that despite Marine Le Pen's efforts to shed the anti-Semitic reputation surrounding her name and her far right National Front party, many are increasingly worried at the prospect of her becoming president.

Jewish man stabbed in Strasbourg knife attack

Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:29:18 +0200

A mentally disturbed man shouting "Allahu Akbar" stabbed a Jewish man in the northeastern French city of Strasbourg on Friday, police and Jewish community sources said.

French Jewish man goes to synagogue dressed as jihadist

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:39:17 +0200

A 40-year-old Jewish man tempted fate by walking into a Paris synagogue dressed as a jihadist, carrying a fake rifle and shouting "Allahu Akbar", police sources have revealed.

Provocative survey shows French hostility for Muslims

Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:21:01 +0100

A contentious survey in France that concluded the French are largely intolerant towards the country's Muslim and Jewish communities has ruffled feathers after featuring questions such as "how would you feel if your daughter married a Muslim?"

'Ditching kippah puts our future in France in doubt'

Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:49:41 +0100

A row over whether Jews in France should wear the kippah has divided community leaders, with politicians also weighing in on the issue in the aftermath of a violent anti-Semitic attack.

'My life turned to horror after being Paris hostage'

Sat, 09 Jan 2016 09:54:57 +0100

Almost one year to the day since he was forced to hide out in the icy cold room of a Jewish supermarket, Yohan Dorai has broken his silence about Amedy Coulibaly’s bloody attack last January.

Year of terror drives French Jews to Israel

Fri, 25 Dec 2015 09:45:38 +0100

They cited "physical insecurity and financial uncertainty" as the main driving forces.

France's Jewish and Muslim leaders fall out

Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:28:00 +0100

France's Muslim leaders boycotted a dinner by the country's most prominent Jewish group after its leader blamed young Muslims for anti-Semitic violence, adding that the National Front leader Marine Le Pen was "blameless" when it comes to anti-Semitism.

Fighting anti-Semitism in France a 'national cause'

Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:22:00 +0100

France's interior minister vowed on Sunday to make the fight against anti-Semitism a "national cause" after a couple was attacked apparently because the man was Jewish

'Anti-Semitic' rape and robbery shocks France

Thu, 04 Dec 2014 16:14:00 +0100

UPDATED: France's president was forced to condemn an "anti-Semitic" attack on a young couple that saw armed assailants storm into their apartment, rape the woman and steal jewellery and bank cards. François Hollande described it as "intolerable violence".

'Escaped mental patient' attacks rabbi with knife

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:41:00 +0200

A rabbi and his son were attacked entering a synagogue in Paris on Monday by a man wielding a utility knife, reported to be an Iranian national. The assailant is said to have escaped from a psychiatric hospital near Lyon two weeks ago.

Grand Rabbi brought down by moment of truth

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:33:00 +0200

A scandal that would have stayed hidden in the margins of some academic journal is currently engrossing France. At the centre is Grand Rabbi Gilles Bernheim, the popular leader of France's Jewish community, who resigned on Thursday amid mounting pressure.

France orders Twitter to help ID racist users

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:49:00 +0100

A French court ruled on Thursday that Twitter must hand over data to help identify the authors of racist or anti-Semitic messages posted on its micro-blogging site.

'Drug money' was Jewish donations: lawyer

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:46:00 +0200

The main Swiss suspect in what is believed to be a vast drug money laundering ring claims the large sums handed to Parisian clients came from Jewish community donations, his lawyer said in an interview with the Le Temps daily published Monday.

Lyon Rabbi sent Holocaust photo threat

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:39:49 +0200

French anti-terrorist authorities have been alerted after the Chief Rabbi of Lyon was sent a threatening letter accompanied by images of Jewish children being marched to World War II concentration camps.

Google's 'Jew' suggestion leads to judge order

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:43:00 +0200

A French judge on Wednesday asked a mediator to resolve a dispute pitting Internet giant Google against anti-racism groups who object to the search engine suggesting users add "Jew" to name searches.

Profile: how petty criminal turned into suspected child killer

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:30:00 +0100

Suspected jihadi serial killer Mohamed Merah is a 23-year-old French petty criminal of Algerian origin who spent time in Pakistan and Afghanistan and claims to be an Al-Qaeda militant.

'Gunman': I'll post videos of shooting on web

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:34:00 +0100

French police said Wednesday they were probing a call made to a news channel by a man claiming to be the killer of seven people, who said footage of the attacks would soon be on the Internet.