Youth faces trial for alleged attack on rabbi in Orléans

More than a thousand people marched in silence on Tuesday in Orléans in support of Arié Engelberg. He had been attacked in the street in front of his son on Saturday by a young man who will be tried at the end of April.

The anti-Semitic aggression against the Rabbi d'Orleans highlights the persistence and gravity of anti-Semiticism in France since 2000 and an upsurge since 7 October 2023.

Youth faces trial for alleged attack on rabbi in Orléans

A 16-year-old youth who allegedly attacked a rabbi as he walked in the street with his nine-year-old son in Orléans, central France, will go on trial next month charged with a religious hate crime.

16-Year-Old Arrested in Connection With Antisemitic Attack on Rabbi in France

Demonstrators in Paris gather in memory of Mireille Knoll, a Holocaust survivor brutally murdered in an antisemitic assault. Photo: Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes. Authorities in France have arrested a 16-year-old teenager in connection with the antisemitic attack on the Rabbi of Orléans, local media reported, as the country continues to face a rise in antisemitic incidents since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in 2023. Arie Engelberg, the rabbi o…

The 16-year-old arrested on Saturday night will be tried in April. The prosecutor requested his detention by then.

He is already involved in three other legal proceedings, says the Orléans Public Prosecutor's Office in a statement.