anti-semitism in paris

French Jews at a march protestic anti-Semitic violence in Paris, France on March 28, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

In France, a killer’s successful insanity defense sparks outrage

Kobili Troare, who quoted from the Quran as he killed Sarah Halimi in 2017, will not stand trial because the courts said he was too high on marijuana to control himself.

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 31, 2019 2:54 pm

Paris appeals court agrees: Killer of Jewish woman not responsible for his actions because he was too high on marijuana

The decision “marks the advent of a policy that gives impunity to anti-Semitic murder in France,” a Jewish group said.

December 19, 2019 10:29 am

Metal ball that injured Paris woman was dropped by a child, not an anti-Semite, says watchdog group

A boy living upstairs dropped the metal ball to the Jewish community center below, his parents said and apologized.

June 21, 2019 9:24 am

Paris Holocaust monument for children ‘censored’ in unusual case of vandalism

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 17, 2019 9:05 am

French students film themselves urinating at offices of Jewish student group

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 3, 2019 7:54 am

French philosopher Alain Finkielkraut comes under verbal anti-Semitic attack

By Marcy Oster February 17, 2019 12:17 pm

‘Juden!’ spray-painted in yellow on window of Paris bagel shop

By Marcy Oster February 10, 2019 11:04 am

Security guard thwarted attack on Jewish Agency representative in Paris

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 23, 2019 11:40 am

Anti-Semitic incidents increased by 69 percent in France, prime minister says

November 9, 2018 10:41 am

Paris police probing two assaults on Jewish teens as hate crimes

November 5, 2018 7:10 am

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