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America provided safe refuge to some who now seek to dismantle it from within – opinion

US Rep. Ilhan Omar and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani are just two examples in a long line of turncoats – those who strive to undermine the very values that protect them.

A shaft of light illuminates the Star of David atop the Park East Synagogue in New York City. American Jewry knows what this country that gave it refuge stands for: Democracy, religious liberty, and freedom, the writer maintains.
President of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt delivers a speech after he and the Jewish people in Europe received the International Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) 2024, in Aachen, Germany, May 9, 2024.

When the republic loses the street, its Jews lose first

Influencer and political commentator Hasan Piker is introduced during a campaign rally in Wisconsin in August.

Hasan Piker incites millions against Jews, and the silence is deafening - opinion

PRO-PALESTINE demonstration in Nancy, France, 2024

France: A license to kill


PSG fans unveil 'Free Palestine' banner as France v Israel Paris game approaches

Paris St Germain said they had not been aware "of any plans to display such a message."

 Students hold Palestinians flags as they take part in the occupation of a street in front of the Sciences Po university during a demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza and Lebanon, the day after the one-year anniversary of Hamas' October 7 attack, in Paris, France, October 8, 2024.

Teenagers allegedly attempt to rape Jewish man in antisemitic Paris attack

Passers-by reportedly subdued the two suspects, stopping the alleged assault, and held them until police arrived

Tourists look at the Eiffel Tower from the Place de la Concorde as the sun sets over Paris, France, October 24, 2024.

French politicians propose law to make modern antisemitism punishable

The law would make terrorist apologism, denying Israel's existence, and the comparison of Jews or Israel to the Holocaust illegal.

 People attend a demonstration against anti-Semitism at the Place de la Bastille after three teenagers aged 12 to 13 were indicted in Courbevoie, accused of rape and anti-Semitic violence against a 12-year-old girl, in Paris, France, June 20, 2024.

'France has always been antisemitic,' former French foreign minister says

He did however add that, with the war, many might find it hard "not to be antisemitic when you see the destruction caused by the Israeli army in Gaza.”

 VENICE, ITALY - OCTOBER 10: Bernard Kouchner, Aurora Prize Selection Committee member and Co-Founder of Médecins Sans Frontières at the Aurora Dialogues: Health Security & Humanitarian Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on October 10, 2021 at Collegio Armeno Moorat Raphael in Venice, Italy.

Attackers physically, verbally assault Jewish boy in Paris

The boy was called a "dirty Jew" by the attackers, who succeeded in throwing him to the ground and kicking him in the mouth.

 A member of the gendarmerie stands guard after a police officer was injured in an attack next to the Champs-Elysees avenue, in Paris, France July 18, 2024.

The assault on Judaism: Will the US hold Macron accountable as France takes the lead - opinion

Until this weekend, France was hiding behind the posture that it is “just following orders” - just as it did in the 1940s.

 French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a press conference about the priorities of his Renaissance party and its allies ahead of the early legislative elections in Paris, France, June 12, 2024.

WJC's Lauder, France's Macron discuss Jewish community in Paris meeting

Macron reaffirmed his unconditional support for France's Jewish community and emphasized the importance of resolving the Israel-Hamas conflict, including the safe return of the remaining hostages.

FRANCE’S PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron speaks during a music festival in the courtyard of the Élysée presidential palace in Paris, on Friday. Macron has opened a Pandora’s box that leaves French citizens disoriented, worried, and angry, says the writer.

Suspect arrested for terror attack outside French synagogue causing car explosion, one injured

A French police officer was injured on Saturday when a blazing car exploded in the car park of a synagogue in the coastal town of La Grande-Motte.

 Reported footage of the suspect who perpetrated a terror attack in a synagogue in France, wrapped in a Palestinian flag and armed with a pistol.

‘Hitler was right': French Jews harassed on Paris, Montpellier metros

The Paris Police Prefecture said on Thursday that it was looking for a man who verbally harassed an Orthodox Jewish family.

 Police officer patrols on the Trocadero square in front of the Olympic rings displayed on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic games in Paris, France, June 7, 2024.

'Jews have no more than ten years left in France' says Sarcelles Rabbi - exclusive

"I don’t want to play with you because you’re a Jew," Jewish children in France are being told as they are pressured to convert to Islam by their peers on the playground.

  Sarcelles Chabad Rabbi Yaacov Bitton