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Opinion Burkini Wars Show What’s Wrong With the Religious Right — and Secular Left
No matter how progressive our society has become, a woman’s appearance is still scrutinized, commented upon, critiqued, evaluated and dismissed far more frequently than anything said about a man. Just ask Carly Fiorina. Or Hillary Clinton. But this double standard isn’t simply being exercised by those who weren’t brought up with any manners, or lost…
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Breaking News French Rabbi Defends Controversial Ban of Burkini Swimsuit
— A senior Paris rabbi defended a string of controversial municipal bans in France on wearing publically the full-body swimsuit known as burkini. Moshe Sebbag, the rabbi of the Grand Synagogue of Paris, told JTA Tuesday he supported in principle the regulations adopted earlier this month in 15 French municipalities, including the famed beach resort Cannes,…
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Breaking News French Jew Survives ‘Anti-Semitic’ Stabbing in Strasbourg
— A French Jew in his sixties was stabbed in Strasbourg in a suspected anti-Semitic attack. The man, who was wearing a kippah when the incident happened, was leaving his home when a suspect who is in police custody allegedly stabbed him in abdomen Friday morning, Le Figaro reported. According to Le Monde, the victim,…
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Breaking News France To Rescue Europe’s ‘Oldest Jewish Building’
— French authorities allocated approximately half a million dollars toward the preservation of what is believed to be Europe’s oldest known Jewish building. Restoration works are to begin in October to save the damaged parts of the Sublime House, which some historians believe was the seat of a 12-century yeshiva – a Jewish religious seminary — in…
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Opinion 42 French Muslims Condemn Terrorist Attacks — Except When Victims Are Jewish?
Over the past two years, the debate among French Muslims over Islam’s place in France — who it represents, what it stands for, why a small minority murder in its name and how to stop them — has intensified with each new terrorist attack on French soil. Following last week’s appalling events in St Etienne…
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Breaking News Jewish Victims Missing from French Muslims’ Anti-Jihad Letter
( — A leader of French Jews criticized Muslim intellectuals whose petition against local jihadists omits any mention of anti-Semitic violence. The petition, signed by dozens of academics and celebrities, appeared Sunday in the Journal de Dimanche under the title “We, French-Muslims, are ready to assume our responsibilities.” In it, the cosignatories lamented the perceived…
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Breaking News French Teacher at Elite High School Shares Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories
— The French education ministry began investigating a Parisian high school teacher who allegedly shared anti-Semitic conspiracy theories with her pupils on Facebook. CRIF, the umbrella group of French Jewish communities, complained to the ministry about the teacher earlier this week, according to a report Thursday in the group’s newsletter. It did not name the female teacher…
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Breaking News French Aliyah Down by 32% in 2016
– Jewish immigration from France to Israel decreased by 32 percent in the first half of 2016 compared to the corresponding period last year. The decrease in French immigration is part of a 10-point drop in overall Jewish immigration to Israel, or aliyah, according to a Jewish Agency for Israel interim report obtained by JTA….
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