'Being Jewish in France Today Means Being Alone'
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'Being Jewish in France today means being alone'
OP-ED. Senior civil servant Paul Bernard shares the struggles faced by French Jews, a community to which he belongs, in an op-ed. In particular, he attempts to explain the confusion between Israel and its government, which he says does not mean 'endorsing, even through silence, the way it is conducting the war.'


‘I want to leave France,’ antisemitic abuse victim tells media
An acquaintance intimidated the woman over the "Gaza genocide." In a separate case, a boy was lured on a fake date and threatened.The post ‘I want to leave France,’ antisemitic abuse victim tells media appeared first on JNS.org.
On 28 May, Julie* entered a bar in a town in Loire-Atlantique to have a drink there. A banal evening, which suddenly turned upside down when the manager's son questioned the young woman about her origins. "Does not shame the genocide in Gaza?" he allegedly launched with hostility. The mother of the family, who assumes her dual Franco-Israeli nationality, replied calmly: "I have not been ashamed. The only genocide is that of 7 October." But these…

Jewish Teen Threatened at Knifepoint in France Amid Surge in Antisemitic Attacks
Sign reading “+1000% of Antisemitic Acts: These Are Not Just Numbers” during a march against antisemitism, in Lyon, France, June 25, 2024. Photo: Romain Costaseca / Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect A Jewish teenager was threatened at knifepoint and called a “dirty Jew” in an antisemitic attack in France — the latest in a growing wave of hate crimes targeting the country’s Jewish community. Last week, a 15-year-old boy was violently attacked in Col…
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