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French essayist and political journalist Eric Zemmour arrives at a debate in Beziers, France on Oct, 16, 2021. (Chesnot/Getty Images)

A far-right Jew could make political history in France. Many French Jews say he’s dangerous.

The French Jewish establishment has tried to ignore Eric Zemmour for years. Now that he could become a top presidential candidate, they have been forced to take a side.

At least 1,300 French Jews have died of COVID-19

Hundreds of fatalities from the community, which is vastly overrepresented in the national death toll, were flown to be buried in Israel.

Paris now has a ‘Jerusalem Square’

Pro-Palestinian demonsrators protested near the ceremony, which Mayor Anne Hidalgo said was approriate amid rising anti-Semitism.

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Liberal Jews picket Paris synagogue hosting Jerusalem chief rabbi

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Jewish leaders miffed after French cops warn farmers about animal thefts ahead of Jewish, Muslim holidays

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It’s Jew vs. Jew in France as conflict over women reading Torah turns ugly

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Jewish man wearing kippah says he was assaulted with hammer in Marseille

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French Jewish leader: Investigate killing of Paris woman as murder, not insanity case

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Belgian Jewish leader asks lawmakers not to ‘repeat Nazis’ acts’ in ritual slaughter ban

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Truck accident topples gravestones in Jewish cemetery near Paris

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