French anti semitic

When the republic loses the street, its Jews lose first

A republic that cannot protect its town halls will not long protect its synagogues.

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.
French flag and court gavel in this illustration taken November 5, 2025.

The antisemitism France’s courts fail to see

 Police attend the scene of a multiple stabbing in the suburb of Manoora on December 19, 2014 in Cairns, Australia; Illustrative.

French man allegedly pulls knife on Israeli tourist in Australia, denied bail by Cairns court

French flag and court gavel in this illustration taken November 5, 2025.

Are French courts unwilling to call out antisemitism, recognize Jew-hatred? - analysis


'Gov't covering up antisemitism in slaying of Jewish woman'

Sarah Halimi was hurled to her death from the window of her apartment in Paris in what was a clear hate crime, Jewish leaders charge. So why are the authorities sweeping it under the table?

Police officers in France

The antisemitic murder France is trying to sweep under the table

A Jewish woman was hurled from her apartment window to her death in April. Why are the French authorities reluctant to address the murder as a hate crime?

Police stand guard in Place de la Republique following the series of deadly attacks in Paris, November 15, 2015.

French President Macron’s party withdraws 2nd candidate who supported BDS

“Boycott Israeli products and [apply] an economic embargo!” William Tchamaha once wrote on Twitter.

French President Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche!

France's Jewish community: In a state of fear

French Jews voted overwhelmingly for Emmanuel Macron, but are concerned he will pander to the country’s large Arab minority and fail to protect them.

Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron parades in a military vehicle in Paris after his inauguration, May 14

Report: Global antisemitism drops 12%, but surges by 45% on US campuses

There was a rise in incidents among English-speaking countries.

A man wearing a kippa waits for the start of an anti-Semitism demo at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate September 14, 2014

Fake quote on French elections triggers antisemitic avalanche online

Satire taken seriously is behind an outpouring of antisemitic comments.

Bernard-Henri Lévy

Driven by hatred: A glimpse into the minds of antisemites in modern Germany

A historian and a linguist expose the ideas, codes and figures of speech that communicate antisemitism in the 21st century.

People hold placards during an anti-Israel protest in central Berlin in July 2014. The placard reads ‘Women murderers = Israel.’

French Jewish historian cleared of hate speech charges against Muslims

Bensoussan, a scholar on the Holocaust and one of the world’s leading historians on Jewish communities in Arab territories, was put on trial in December.

A French flag hangs from a window of a restaurant decorated for Christmas holiday season in Strasbourg, France

"France's new Dreyfus Trial": Hate speech trial divides anti-racist groups

A leading Jewish scholar was charged with inciting racial hatred for saying that antisemitism is "transmitted with mother's milk" in Arab families.

Armed French soldiers stand in front of a Synagogue during a visit of French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve after an attack in front of a Jewish school in Marseille's 9th district, France, January 14, 2016.

Le Pen, Brexit, Trump: the new dilemmas facing Jews

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