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French Jewish umbrella CRIF: Don’t protest parliament’s Palestine vote

The group’s president said that “calm, dialogue and negotiation” are needed, but the nonbinding vote already has spurred one demonstration near parliament.

December 1, 2014 12:55 pm

Amid France synagogue attacks, support for Jewish self-defense group on the rise

France’s Jewish Defense League, a controversial group with a history of vigilantism, is enjoying growing support amid fears that police cannot protect Jewish institutions.

July 22, 2014 3:04 pm

Synagogue firebombed near Paris in fresh string of violence

A firebomb was hurled at a synagogue near Paris, part of a string of anti-Semitic incidents in Western Europe coinciding with Israel’s assault on Hamas in Gaza.

July 13, 2014 6:11 am