France Jews
'Only my best friend knows I’m Jewish’: French Jewish teens tell US ambassador of hidden identity
Nine members of CTeen France met US Ambassador Charles Kushner in Paris on May 4, discussing life as Jewish teens in France during a two-hour conversation at the ambassador’s residence.
Are French courts unwilling to call out antisemitism, recognize Jew-hatred? - analysis
Parisian Jewish family ordered to remove mezuzah from apartment door by building management
'From the river to the sea' could be punishable under new French law, says MP Yadan - interview
How French author Anne Berest confronted her family’s Holocaust story
The success of what Berest calls her anxiety-filled “identity research” is an “encouraging sign of awareness by society of the Holocaust amid troubling times,” she told JTA.
Amid existential angst, Parisian Jews bet on their community’s future with giant community center
The new building, which opened late in 2019 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic began operating fully only in recent months, is partly a response to rising challenges
Seventeenth Festival of Jewish Cultures concludes with concert by Dudu Tassa
The event, coordinated with the Department of Culture of the Israeli Embassy in Paris, took place at the Le Trianon Theatre
France has 500,000 Jews but only 5 women rabbis. A growing movement is pushing to change that.
In France, there are only five female rabbis in a country with over half a million Jews.
What are the Jewish roots of France’s newest prime minister?
Elisabeth Borne is the second woman to hold the position; Her family fled the Nazis in Poland in 1939
Éric Zemmour acquitted of Holocaust denial charge: 'French Nazi collaborator saved Jews'
Several left-leaning anti-racism groups had filed complaints against Zemmour over comments saying a French collaborator with the Nazis had saved most French Jews.
If Marine Le Pen wins in France, French Jews mull aliyah to Israel
Officials in Israel’s national institutions do not see any potential rise in interest in aliyah to Israel as a result of the possible political change.
French elections: Why French Jewish leaders fear how French olim vote - analysis
Should they support the first Jewish candidate for president? Or rather vote for the moderate Emmanuel Macron?
President Herzog meets with French Jewish community leaders in Paris
The heads of the community shared with the president their campaign against those who slander the State of Israel and the rising antisemitism on the streets of France.
'Inexplicable antisemitism' still a worldwide problem - Herzog in France
"It is truly heartbreaking to see so much human suffering and to witness the destruction of flourishing cities as they are transformed into battlefields," President Isaac Herzog said.
