France Jews

'If Israel falls, we fall': Fate of West tied to Israel, former French PM tells 'Post' - interview

"The stakes of the world... the fight against the regime of the Mullahs and its dangers, the links between Iran and Russia, the future of France and Europe is being decided here," he said.

France's Minister of Overseas Manuel Valls leaves after a weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on September 3, 2025.
French flag and court gavel in this illustration taken November 5, 2025.

Algerian nanny imprisoned for poisoning French Jewish family

EJC President Dr Moshe Kantor at the Paris Mayors Summit on Antisemitism

EJC president warns of dangerous influence of social media in youth radicalization

A VIEW of Efrat: It’s worth reminding ourselves that aliyah is not a nostalgic story from the past but the very heartbeat of Zionism today, the writer affirms.

Aliyah continues to be a driving force behind Israeli communities - opinion


French elections: Why French Jewish leaders fear how French olim vote - analysis

Should they support the first Jewish candidate for president? Or rather vote for the moderate Emmanuel Macron?

French President Emmanuel Macron, candidate for his re-election in the 2022 French presidential election, attends a political campaign rally at Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, France, April 2, 2022.

President Herzog meets with French Jewish community leaders in Paris

The heads of the community shared with the president their campaign against those who slander the State of Israel and the rising antisemitism on the streets of France.

 Israeli President Isaac Herzog and French President Emmanuel Macron meeting, March 20, 2022.

'Inexplicable antisemitism' still a worldwide problem - Herzog in France

"It is truly heartbreaking to see so much human suffering and to witness the destruction of flourishing cities as they are transformed into battlefields," President Isaac Herzog said.

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the Ohr Torah Jewish school in Toulouse, France.

France's Macron comes out against claims of Israeli apartheid

President Macron to French Jewish umbrella: "How dare we talk about apartheid in a state where Arab citizens are represented in government and positions of leadership and responsibility?"

FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron speaks during a video conference with international partners to discuss humanitarian aid for financially-strapped Lebanon, in Paris on December 2.

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.

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.

French lawmaker says Éric Zemmour part of France's antisemitism problem

Zemmour has not announced a political run but is still polling among President Emmanuel Macron’s most serious challengers in this spring's presidential elections.

 Éric Zemmour in the salon du livre 2012.

France chief rabbi calls Jewish presidential candidate an ‘antisemite’

Zemmour, who has called Muslim immigrants “invaders” and in 2016 said that most drug dealers are Arab or African, is now running second and ahead of Marine Le Pen.

France's Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia

Bible scrolls from around the world - in pictures

A photo essay captures the stories of six Torah scrolls from around the world - Yemen, Siberia, France, Germany - which all ended up in Israel.

 THE WIESLOCH Torah scroll.

On This Day: French Jews given full rights under law

On September 27, 1791, the Loi relative aux Juifs was passed, granting Jews full rights in France. The move was ratified on November 13. 1791.

View of Paris, France and the Eiffel Tower