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Senior French government official Emmanuelle Wargon and CRIF board member Serge Dahan lighting a memorial candle outside the Hyper Cacher store in Paris, France on Jan. 9, 2020. (Courtesy of CRIF)

French Jews commemorate 5th anniversary of Hyper Cacher murders

Francis Kalifat, president of the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities, said that the memory of the four victims will “forever be treasured” by French Jewry.

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 10, 2020 9:32 am

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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.

December 31, 2019 2:54 pm

Eric Zemmour

The Ann Coulter of France is a Jew of Algerian heritage

Eric Zemmour, who often uses his Jewish identity to bolster his fiery arguments, is a star among the right wing in his country.

October 30, 2019 12:59 pm

The Grand Synagogue of Nice used to be packed on Shabbat, but today there are more empty seats than occupied ones. (Photo courtesy of Consistoire Nice/Henri Belhassen)

Hit by terror and a sluggish economy, Nice’s once-vibrant Jewish community faces uncertain future

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 26, 2019 5:04 pm

The entrance to Paris 13 University in France. (Courtesy of Paris 13)

A French medical student said she faced intense anti-Semitic bullying. Authorities have dropped the case.

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 12, 2019 11:37 am

Francis Kalifat

Citing Israel, French Freemasons warns members not to attend Jewish community events

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 29, 2019 9:00 am

Jewish woman’s killer not criminally liable because he was high on marijuana, French judge rules

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 15, 2019 1:55 pm

Alain Finkielkraut preparing to answer a question at an appearance in Brussels, Belgium on April 3, 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

A famed French-Jewish philosopher is afraid to leave his home

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 11, 2019 12:36 pm

Latifa Ibn Ziaten and CRIF President Roger Cukierman at the CRIF national convention in Paris, Nov. 16, 2014. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Anti-Semitic graffiti found at home of Muslim victim of Toulouse Jewish school killer

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 11, 2019 11:28 am

14 political parties in France call for protests against anti-Semitism

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 18, 2019 3:13 pm

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