French jews

Spirit of Herzl: Central Jerusalem hotel with history, comics, and charm

Explore Jerusalem from the Spirit of Herzl Hotel, where Zionist comics line the halls and history meets comfort in a central location.

Welcoming guests.
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‘Dance, pig’: Man harasses young Jewish boys in France, orders them to ‘free Palestine’

 A police officer waits outside the courtroom at the courthouse in Paris, March 31, 2025.

Algerian nanny charged after allegedly poisoning French Jewish family’s food, drinks

 French President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (illustration)

French gov't allows Israeli firms to participate in defense exhibition after alleged ban


French Jews turn to far-right National Rally: 'We're voting for the nicest enemy'

Moving from the Left to the right is a dramatic change for some French Jews, who David said had been left with a difficult choice.

  Jordan Bardella, President of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party, reacts as he attends a press conference to present policy priorities as part of the campaign for the upcoming French parliamentary elections, in Paris, France, June 24, 2024.

After their son fell in battle, these French parents made aliyah

Marlene and Lucien Elmkayes visited Israel in November for their son's wedding, but buried him instead after he fell in battle. Now, they are making aliyah to Jerusalem to honor their son Binyamin.

 Fallen soldier Binyamin Elmkayes with his parents Marlene and Lucien.

'Death to Israel': French universities saw uptick in antisemitic violence after Oct.7

The report detailed that pro-Palestinian activism was largely behind the increase in antisemitism, particularly when “support for the Palestinian cause turns into an apology for terrorism.”

A general view of the occupied building of the Sciences Po University by masked youths in support of Palestinians in Gaza, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Paris, France, France, April 26, 2024.

French Jews caught between extremes in polarizing snap election

President Emmanuel Macron called the parliamentary election on June 9 after his centrist Together alliance was trounced in European elections.

 People attend a demonstration against antisemitism in front of Paris City Hall after three teenagers aged 12 to 13 indicted in Courbevoie, accused of rape and anti-Semitic violence against a 12-year-old girl, in Paris, France, June 19, 2024. The slogan reads "Do not sacrifice the French Jews".

Marine Le Pen's National Rally is better for French Jews than the left, says Nazi-hunter

“The National Rally supports Jews, supports the state of Israel,” said historian, lawyer and Nazi-hunter Serge Klarsfeld. But do French Jews agree?

 BEATE AND Serge Klarsfeld.

French-Jewish actress Anouk Aimée dies at 92, daughter confirms

Aimée had a glamour and elegance that caught on just as post-war audiences around the world were falling in love with French films, making her into an international sensation in the 1960s.

 Anouk Aimee in A Man and a Woman (1966).

French court overturns ban on Israeli companies from Eurosatory arms exhibition

The Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF) and Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF) welcomed the decision.

 A visitor walks in Israel's pavilion during the Eurosatory International Defence Exhibition, 2022

French conservative leader embraces Marine Le Pen’s far-right party with history of antisemitism

Even as Marine Le Pen has publicly denounced antisemitism, her supporters still disproportionately harbor antisemitic attitudes.

President of the French conservative party Les Republicains and member of Parliament Eric Ciotti and far-right National Rally president Marine Le Pen attend a session of the National Assembly in Paris, April 4, 2023.

How D-Day saved Europe, and my family, from the Nazis

For me, D-Day is a day of personal contemplation and of profound thanks to those who sacrificed that I might live.

 The author's grandparents and his mother in front of their building in Paris, ca. 1940. At rear, surface weather analysis map shows weather fronts in and around Normandy on June 5, 1944.

October 7 survivor stuns Cannes in 'Bring them Home' dress decorated with the hostages's faces

Laura Blajman-Kadar was at the Nova music festival on the day of the massacre and managed to hide with her husband and seven friends as they heard gunshots and killing all around them.

Laura Blajman-Kadar, survivor of the October 7 attack wearing a scarf reading "Bring them home" and a dress with portraits of the hostages, protests on the red carpet, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in Gaza.