The Conference of French Rabbis urged the authorities Tuesday to take all necessary measures to halt the wave of attacks on Jewish institutions in France.
They also urged Jewish community leaders to be more vigilant in protecting Jewish property.
Jews in this French capital are alarmed by two incidents that occurred within 24-hours last weekend.
A synagogue in the Marseille suburb of Allauch was broken into Saturday night. Torah scrolls and prayer books were burned. According to local reports, about $80,000 worth of ornaments were stolen.
On Sunday night, two shrapnel grenades were thrown at the Jewish community center at Epinay-Sur-Seine, north of Paris. No one was hurt and there was no damage. But police said the grenades had the potential to cause serious in juries.
It was also learned, meanwhile, that the grave of Alfred Dreyfus was desecrated earlier this month. According to his grandson, Charles Dreyfus, the tombstone in the old cemetery in Montparnasse was covered with swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti.
Alfred Dreyfus was a captain in the French army in the 1890s. He was falsely accused and convicted of treason in what was the worst anti-Semitic scandal in French history. He was eventually exonerated.
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