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 'on the front line' of battling antisemitism - CRIF head

The French Jewish community has been facing a lot of antisemitism lately and they are calling on authorities to dig into all possible motivations of the attacks.

 A demonstrator holds a sign that reads 'no to antisemitism', during a protest against antisemitism and to commemorate the 2012 Toulouse attack against a Jewish school that left three children and an adult dead, at the Place de la Republique square in Paris, France, March 13, 2022.

Authorities claim that French Jew wasn't killed for antisemitic reasons

Despite the government's claim that the attack was not antisemitic, social media posts have displayed the alleged assassin burning the flag of Israel.  

French flag in France

Parisian worlds collide in 'Haute Couture' - review

"Haute Couture" opens in theaters all over the country on August 25.

 SYLVIE OHAYON’S ‘Haute Couture.’

How French author Anne Berest confronted her family’s Holocaust story

The success of what Berest calls her anxiety-filled “identity research” is an “encouraging sign of awareness by society of the Holocaust amid troubling times,” she told JTA.

Anne Berest attends the Canneseries Festival in Cannes, France, April 4, 2022.

France’s first woman parliament speaker is a Jewish mother of 5

Yaël Braun-Pivet's election comes on the heels of Élisabeth Borne becoming the second woman prime minister of France.

 Yaël Braun-Pivet, newly-elected President of the National Assembly, reacts as she delivers a speech during the opening session of the National Assembly in Paris, France, June 28, 2022.

Meyer Habib re-elected to represent French-Israelis in Paris

Habib, a dual French-Israeli citizen, was first elected to the National Assembly, the lower house of the French legislature, in 2013.

Meyer Habib

France: Four neo-Nazis arrested for planning 'Jew hunt' during soccer match

The men, aged between 45-53, were affiliated with far-right neo-Nazi groups and had intended on "hunting Jews" during a soccer match in Strasbourg.

Finnish neo-nazis start their Independence Day march with swastika flags in Helsinki, Finland December 6, 2018

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