France Jews

'From the river to the sea' could be punishable under new French law, says MP Yadan - interview

French MP Caroline Yadan's Bill 575, which seeks to combat “renewed forms of antisemitism,” has already been adopted by the French National Assembly Law Committee.

Caroline Yadan in Jerusalem, February 17.
 ‘All the security is not a normal life,’ Rabbi Moshe Sebbag told The Jerusalem Post as French Jews face an uncertain future.

Jews were target of majority of antireligious acts in 2025, French ministry reveals

Aliyah from France, which was saw 1,500 to 2,000 people moving to Israel every year, increased in 2025 to 3,300.

A fractured bond: France, Israel, and French Jews at a defining moment - analysis

A police officer wearing a bulletproof vest with a plate carrier marked POLICE stands in Rillieux la Pape in Lyon in France on November 10 2025.

Trial begins against French murderer who threw elderly Jewish neighbor off Lyon balcony


Paris court gives 1980 synagogue bomber life sentence

The bombing, which took place on Oct. 3, 1980, was understood to be the first fatal antisemitic attack in France since the Holocaust.

General view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France

4 decades later, new trial of alleged 1980 Paris synagogue bomber offers victims closure

An arrest warrant in the 1980 bombing that killed four people and wounded 46 was first issued for Diab, a Lebanese academic who lives in Canada, in 2008.

A man wearing a yarmulke looks at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

Solidarity of French Jews with Israel must not weaken - opinion

For the Diaspora, being Jewish means knowing what we owe to liberal democracy and the rule of law.

 FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Elysee Palace, last month

Smotrich to meet senior Orthodox Jewish officials in US, France

Smotrich will be meeting with rabbis and teachers at Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst as well as the Zionist Organization of America.

 Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich seen after coalition talks with Shas chairman MK Arie Deri and  Likud Head MK Benjamin Netanyahu outside a hotel in Jerusalem, December 5, 2022.

Aliyah minister: Decreased US, France immigration urges us to invest

Ofir Sofer is “expected to allocate budgets for programs intended to integrate new immigrants into the employment market.”

 ALIYAH AND INTEGRATION Minister Ofir Sofer: There is an assumption that olim from financially established countries don’t need any support or assistance. That isn’t true.

French PM shares story of Holocaust-survivor father’s suicide when she was a child

The prime minister’s father, Joseph Bornstein (who later became “Borne”) suffered from trauma and severe depression.

 Élisabeth Borne, the Jewish woman who became prime minister of France.

The hidden aliyah crisis

For everyone who cares about this country and recognizes how vital immigration is to its future, we need to roll up our sleeves and get to work, and do our part to tackle the aliyah crisis.

 NEW ‘OLIM’ from North America arrive on an ‘aliyah flight’ arranged by Nefesh B’Nefesh.

Israel wants more Western immigrants - aliyah minister

IMMIGRATION AFFAIRS: Israeli Aliyah Minister Ofir Sofer plans to put an emphasis on immigrants from the US and France.

 ALIYAH AND INTEGRATION Minister Ofir Sofer: There is an assumption that olim from financially established countries don’t need any support or assistance. That isn’t true.

Yael German resigns as ambassador to France in protest of new gov't

German was appointed to the role by former prime minister Yair Lapid and previously served as a member of the Yesh Atid Party.

 Israel's ambassador to France Yael German attends a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the wartime Vel d'Hiv round-ups of Jews, in Paris, on July 17, 2022.

Famous Nazi-fighting duo speak about a documentary about their lives

The Klarsfelds, have been making headlines for decades and now have a documentary about their lives being shown at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival.

 BEATE AND Serge Klarsfeld.