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.

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.

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.

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

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French students film themselves urinating at offices of Jewish student group

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French philosopher Alain Finkielkraut comes under verbal anti-Semitic attack

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

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Security guard thwarted attack on Jewish Agency representative in Paris

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

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Paris police probing two assaults on Jewish teens as hate crimes

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