French anti semitic

The antisemitism France’s courts fail to see

A country can condemn violence while still hesitating to name the hatred that produced it.

French flag and court gavel in this illustration taken November 5, 2025.
 Police attend the scene of a multiple stabbing in the suburb of Manoora on December 19, 2014 in Cairns, Australia; Illustrative.

French man allegedly pulls knife on Israeli tourist in Australia, denied bail by Cairns court

French flag and court gavel in this illustration taken November 5, 2025.

Are French courts unwilling to call out antisemitism, recognize Jew-hatred? - analysis

 French police officers stand guard in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France on November 14, 2015. Photo by Laurence Geai/Flash90

French Muslim boy jailed for rape of 12-year-old Jewish girl has sentence commuted in retrial


French Jew succumbs to injuries sustained in 2016 antisemitic attack

“He had never recovered from the attack, not physically or psychologically.”

A man walks past graves desecrated with swastikas at the Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen, near Strasbourg, France, December 4, 2019.

French parliamentarians defend Israel during Gaza discussion

"We are talking a small country that is barely two provinces in France," said MP Meyer Habib before walking out of the committee meeting.

MEYER HABIB

French Holocaust denier sentenced to prison for publishing on website

It is the second conviction and prison sentence for Soral, a far rightist, since the beginning of the year.

People attend a national gathering to protest antisemitism and the rise of antisemitic attacks in the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, February 19, 2019. The writing on the sign reads: "Antisemitism, islamophobia, racism - not in our name"

The beginning of the end of the Diaspora in France

In 2015, two days after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, four Jews were murdered at a Paris kosher supermarket, Hypercacher. Since then, violence against French Jews has become commonplace.

French olim arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport, July 10, 2017

Belgium Jewish museum killer, accomplice found guilty, face life in prison

A Belgian court convicted Mehdi Nemmouche, a French Islamist, of murdering four people in a terrorist attack at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in 2014.

Scene of anti-terrorism operation in Verviers, Belgium

Herzog's speech in France reveals heroic thwarting of antisemitic attack

Jewish Agency head describes tense moments in Paris.

Isaac Herzog

France’s foremost female rabbi faces flak over Jerusalem stance

Nearly 2,000 people joined a Facebook group titled “Supporting Delphine Horvilleur” just two days after it was created.

Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur

Kosher restaurants in Paris vandalized with swastikas

French Interior Minister said he “firmly condemns” the incidents, vowing to bring those responsible to justice and calling their actions an attack against the entire Jewish community of France.

French policewoman photographs swastika 521

French Jews protest reprint of antisemitic essays from Holocaust era

The plans to publish the essays were made known in November but formally announced only in recent days.

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) listens to Serge Klarsfeld, a French historian, lawyer and Holocaust survivor, as he presents him the "Jardin du souvenir", Garden of Memory, during a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Vel d'Hiv roundup in Paris, France, July 16, 2017.

Coco Chanel used Nazi laws against Jewish partners, said film

'The No. 5 War' is slated to screen at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival tonight

Coco Chanel in 1920