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America provided safe refuge to some who now seek to dismantle it from within – opinion

US Rep. Ilhan Omar and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani are just two examples in a long line of turncoats – those who strive to undermine the very values that protect them.

A shaft of light illuminates the Star of David atop the Park East Synagogue in New York City. American Jewry knows what this country that gave it refuge stands for: Democracy, religious liberty, and freedom, the writer maintains.
President of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt delivers a speech after he and the Jewish people in Europe received the International Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) 2024, in Aachen, Germany, May 9, 2024.

When the republic loses the street, its Jews lose first

Influencer and political commentator Hasan Piker is introduced during a campaign rally in Wisconsin in August.

Hasan Piker incites millions against Jews, and the silence is deafening - opinion

PRO-PALESTINE demonstration in Nancy, France, 2024

France: A license to kill


Madrid museum welcomes ruling it can keep painting looted by Nazis

The Jewish artists was forced to sell the artwork in 1939 for 900 Reichsmarks (360) to obtain a visa and flee Germany, but was never paid.

 A visitor leans to look at Camille Pissarro's "Rue Saint-Honore in the Afternoon. Effect of Rain, 1897" at Thyssen-Bornemisza museum in Madrid, Spain, April 22, 2022.

Lyon aliyah fair disrupted by anti-Israel protest

Anti-Israel graffiti appears on the walls of the Aliyah fair in Lyon, France, and leads to anti-Israel protests.


'You're Jewish, we will rape you': Nursery director targeted in Paris attack

“You’re Jewish, you’re a Zionist. We will rape you, cut you up as they do in Gaza."

 A woman walks past a building tagged with Stars of David in Paris, France, October 31, 2023

France's Macron receives award for advocating for local Jewish community

The prize is awarded to personalities who have shown exemplary support for European Jewry, defended their religious rights, and combatted antisemitism.

 Macron receives a Jewish community advocacy award.

'Never since the Shoah has the Jewish community of France felt so isolated' - Opinion

Deeply concerned about the spread of antisemitism on national territory, the chairman of the supervisory board of Publicis Groupe calls on everyone "to face this danger head-on."

Maurice Lévy, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Publicis Groupe and Chairman of the International Board of Governors of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation.

French Jews concerned over Macron's Israel 'killing women and children in Gaza' comments

French Jews, who have been suffering from a huge wave of antisemitism, added: "The CRIF would like to remind everyone of Hamas's responsibility for the deaths of Palestinian civilians."

 French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks during an international humanitarian conference for civilians in Gaza, at the Elysee Presidential Palace, in Paris, France, on November 9, 2023.

Macron says France will be 'ruthless' against antisemitism

"Antisemitism is resurfacing, in words, on the walls," Macron said in a speech. "The Republic does not and will not compromise, and we will be ruthless against those who carry that hatred."

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands at a joint press conference, amid the Israeli-Hamas conflict, in Jerusalem, October 24, 2023

Jewish schools across Paris evacuated due to a bomb threat

According to senior sources in the organized Jewish community, who spoke to The Jerusalem Post, "there was a bomb threat towards many Jewish schools."

 The Eiffel Tower lights up in white and blue, the colours of the Israeli flag, following Hamas' biggest attack on Israel in years, in Paris, France, October 9, 2023

Hamas war is a battle between radical Islam and democracy -Fmr. French PM

"Israel, a democracy, has been attacked. It has now the right, even the obligation, to defend itself and its citizens.”

 The Eiffel Tower lights up in white and blue, the colours of the Israeli flag, following Hamas' biggest attack on Israel in years, in Paris, France, October 9, 2023

Jews in France worried by spike in antisemitic attacks

Many French Jews fear that the initial sympathy with Israel over the attack by Hamas will turn into animosity once hundreds of thousands of Palestinians evacuate Gaza.

 The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.