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Opinion Why ‘Jew’ Is Rarely Spoken Word in France — Even After Kosher Grocery Terror
Many observers, both French and foreign, have hailed Sunday’s march in Paris as a historic milestone. More than a million citizens, along with dozens of world leaders, joined together as a sign of resistance to last week’s acts of terrorism, and as the gauge for the persistence of democratic ideals. The event had all the…
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Israel News French Jews Feel Conflicted About Israel’s Call for Emigration
(JTA) — French Jews are feeling embattled. Arsonists have targeted their synagogues, terrorists have attacked their schools and shops, and with only a few exceptions, French society has not united behind them to stop the assaults and harassment. The solution, according to Israel’s prime minister, is simple: Move to Israel. “To all the Jews of…
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The Schmooze PHOTO: Charlie Hebdo’s Latest Cover
Charlie Hebdo will be back en force on Wednesday, after a terror attack that left 12 dead. The magazine is set to release a record-breaking 3 million copies this week, dwarfing its usual print run of 60,000 in response to soaring demand for the first edition of the satirical weekly since last week’s deadly attacks…
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Opinion France Was Dead Wrong To Ask Bibi To Stay Home
Benjamin Netanyahu gives a speech at the Grand Synagogue in Paris / Getty Images I’ve got two immediate and possibly contradictory takeaways from the news that French President Francois Hollande asked Benjamin Netanyahu not to appear at the unity rally that took place in Paris on Sunday. Let’s first look at the reasons Hollande reportedly…
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Opinion How Bibi Tried To Make Paris All About Him
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at kosher grocery store in Paris / Getty Images Israelis are having a hilarious time mocking their prime minister’s visit to Paris, with ironic tweets and Hebrew Facebook statuses galore. For those who haven’t been following the story, Netanyahu crashed the national solidarity event despite President Hollande’s explicit request…
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Opinion Now, Sadly, France Knows How It Feels To Be Israeli
Relatives mourn during the funeral for Emanuel and Miriam Riva in Tel Aviv, Israel / Getty Images I spent my weekend glued to the television. Even if I’d tried, I couldn’t have taken my eyes off the images of Paris: that kosher supermarket and that video of a policeman on the ground getting shot in…
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Breaking News Israel Expects 50% Surge in Immigration by French Jews
Israel expects the number of French Jews moving there this year, which was already predicted to rise sharply from 2014’s record level, to accelerate further after the killings at a Paris kosher grocery, a senior official said on Sunday. Natan Sharansky, head of the Jewish Agency promoting emigration to Israel, said his estimate for 2015…
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Opinion After Paris Attacks, Let’s Not Repeat Past Mistakes
The last few days have brought us from terror to despair to tentative hope to… what? The cascading terror visited first on Charlie Hebdo and then on the kosher supermarket in Paris drove home a despairing reality: the ease with which hatred of Jews is ignited in a Europe that was supposed to have confronted…
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