With the first round of France’s presidential election less than four weeks away, the attacks that left four Jews and three French soldiers dead are reshaping the race — but it’s not clear exactly how.
French Jewish support for President Nicolas Sarkozy outpaces that of non-Jewish French, but with the country’s economy stumbling and some Jews less than thrilled with his record on the Middle East, he may not find the same kind of backing among Jews from when he ran in 2007.