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Breaking News Israel Will Foot $13K Funeral Bills for Kosher Market Terror Victims
Israel’s Ministry of Religious Services will cover the costs of the burial and funeral for the Paris kosher supermarket victims. The announcement late Tuesday night comes after reports that the families had been asked to pay some $10,000 to cover the costs of the burial plots, and another $3,000 to help absorb the funeral costs….
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Breaking News Go to Israel? French Jews Fret About Leaving Good Life Behind
(Reuters) — As more and more French Jews nervously consider moving to Israel to escape rising anti-Semitism, many worry the Jewish state may not be as much of a promised land as they would hope. Three days of violence in Paris last week, when four Jews were among the 17 people killed by Islamist militants,…
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News Will Spike in French Emigration Decimate Jewish Life?
(JTA) — Taken alone, the attack on the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket near Paris is nothing that French Jews haven’t seen before. Arguably, the 2012 attack that caught the Toulouse community unprepared was more traumatic because children were killed. And the 1982 attack on the Goldenberg Jewish restaurant in Paris was deadlier than last week’s…
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Breaking News Dieudonne Arrested for Backing Kosher Market Terrror
French police arrested the comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala over a Facebook comment that shows sympathy with the Paris kosher supermarket gunman. Dieudonne, who has multiple convictions for inciting racial hatred against Jews, was arrested Wednesday, AFP reported, on suspicion that he incited to terrorist acts. His arrest was over a statement that appeared on his…
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Israel News Who Are Israel’s French Immigrants — and Why Did They Come?
As French Jews in Israel watched the overwhelming show of solidarity against terrorism by French citizens following the recent attacks in Paris, many spoke of feeling alienated rather than comforted by the outpouring. France, they say, would never have staged the huge demonstration it did on January 11 had the attacks targeted Jews alone. “The…
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Opinion Should French Jews Stay — or Should They Go?
No sooner had the deadly siege of the kosher supermarket in Paris come to an awful end than Israel’s political leaders issued their emphatic pleas for French Jews to emigrate. “To all the Jews of France, all the Jews of Europe, I would like to say that Israel is not just the place in whose…
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Opinion If Muslims Need an iCondemn App, Why Not Jews?
Since the Paris attacks, the internet has been overflowing with support for the victims and calls for freedom of expression. But, alarmingly and perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s also been full of demands for Muslims to “take responsibility” and “condemn” the heinous acts — as if somehow all Muslims universally bear responsibility for every single deranged or vile…
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Opinion 8 Things You Might Not Know About French Jews
(JTA) — The deadly hostage siege at a kosher supermarket in Paris has French Jews (and some non-Jews) proclaiming “Je suis juif,” or “I am Jewish,” in solidarity with the four people killed in the attack. Who are the Jews of France? Here’s a primer. 1) How many Jews are there in France? About 500,000,…
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