French jews

Jewish boy tripped, punched, held at knifepoint on way to Paris synagogue

The boy, who was wearing a kippah at the time of the attack, said 5 attackers physically assaulted him, made antisemitic remarks, and stole his AirPods.

This photograph shows a French flag fluttering with the La Defense business district in the background skyline, in Paris, on December 5, 2025.
 People block the entrance to Ashdod port during a protest against aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip, in Ashdod, southern Israel, February 1, 2024.

French judges issue legal summons for French-Israel activists accused of 'genocide' - interview

A French National Police officer, wearing a body-worn camera, stands in Paris, France, December 10, 2025.

'Deeply alarming': Jewish primary school in Paris vandalized, CCTV damaged

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French prosecutors suspect elderly Jew’s death linked to antisemitism

Rene Hadjaj, 89, was found dead after falling from the 17th floor of his apartment building. Police suspect that his neighbor may be connected to his death.

La Part-Dieu Central Business District, Lyon, France

90-year-old Jewish man allegedly pushed to his death in Lyon, France

Reports about the incident Friday evoked anger and disbelief among multiple French Jews on social networks and beyond.

Police officers are seen near the site of a suspected bomb attack in central Lyon, France May 24, 2019.

French Jews relieved, but also concerned, over results of presidential elections

The greatest danger now threatening France is that the moderate parties will lose the June legislative elections and that either Le Pen or Melenchon will win them.

 Supporters of French President Emmanuel Macron, candidate for his re-election, wave French and European Union flags as they react after early results in the second round of the 2022 French presidential election, at the Champs de Mars in Paris, France April 24, 2022

French Jewish groups claim Eric Zemmour inappropriately sent campaign texts targeting Jewish voters

The messages went out the night of the first round of elections. Two left-leaning Jewish groups say they are filing a complaint to police over the messages.

 French far-right commentator Eric Zemmour, leader of far-right party "Reconquete!" and candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, and his companion and campaign advisor Sarah Knafo visit the 58th International Agriculture Fair (Salon de l'Agriculture) at the Porte de Versailles exhibition

French Jewish umbrella organization: Vote for Macron; block Le Pen

Umbrella organization for French Jewry, the Crif, put out an announcement that there needs to be a united Jewish vote to "prevent the far-right from gaining power."

Marine Le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party and candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, gestures as she delivers a speech after partial results in the first round of the 2022 French presidential election are announced, in Paris, France, April

How did the French citizens in Israel vote for the presidential election in France?

Three conversations with French-Israelis who tell The Jerusalem Post about the difficult and complicated election

 People voting a the French school in HaNeviim Street in Jerusalem.

New play explores unease of French Jews in the face of antisemitism

Directed by Tony Award winner and two-time nominee David Cromer, the off-Broadway play began performances at Manhattan Theatre Club Jan. 11 and has extended to March 13th.

 Molly Ranson and Francis Benhamou star in “Prayer for the French Republic,” a new off-Broadway play at Manhattan Theatre Club.

Exhibition in Paris examines roles of diplomats during the Holocaust

How much did the diplomats know? What were their sources? Who took action to help the Jews?

 ANDRE KASPI and Catherine Nicault, curators of ‘Diplomats Facing the Shoah’ at the Mémorial de la Shoah in Paris, visit their exposition prior to its official opening.

Majority of French Jews have been the victims of antisemitic acts - survey

Jews in France take to being less visibly Jewish to avoid antisemitism. *Jews and the general public closely agree on primary sources of antisemitism.

PROTESTORS GATHER outside the French Embassy in Tel Aviv on Sunday to demand justice for Sarah Halimi, who was murdered by an antisemitic assailant in her apartment in Paris in 2017.

French police arrest 16 teachers at Orthodox school for abusing students

At least 42 underage students from the yeshiva in a Paris suburb were placed at an undisclosed child welfare facility.

 The entrance to the Yeshivat Beth Yossef in Bussières, France.