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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

Michael Freilich lighting Hanukkah candles in the Belgian federal parliament in Brussels, Belgium on Dec. 19, 2019. (Michael Freilich)

Belgian Jewish lawmaker takes heat for lighting menorah near Parliament nativity scene

Critics in his own party said Michael Freilich, the country’s only Orthodox Jewish federal lawmaker, violated the separation of religion and state.

December 31, 2019 2:44 pm

Newly renovated historic synagogue in Greece vandalized

Trikala was once home to one of Greece’s oldest Jewish communities.

December 31, 2019 1:43 pm

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

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

Belgian Jewish lawmaker takes heat for lighting menorah near Parliament nativity scene

Newly renovated historic synagogue in Greece vandalized

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