Jews in France

If France cannot protect its Jews, European order may soon fall alongside it - opinion

France is the keystone of Europe's political and economic order. If Paris cannot keep the peace, Europe's confidence in its own institutions will crack with it.

A car is set ablaze during demonstrations on October 17, 2026 in Paris, France.
Chateau D'if, viewed from Marseille.

Sages, synagogues, and seaside: Discovering Jewish history along the French Riviera

 People visit a memorial dedicated to the children of the Paris Vel D'Hiv round-up, on January 27, 2011 in Orleans, central France, after its unveiling as part of a worldwide souvenir day.

Elderly Jewish man beaten in France while feeding stray cats - report

 France commemorates 13th anniversary of Toulouse school massacre

France commemorates 13th anniversary of Toulouse Jewish school massacre


French courts punish promoters of antisemitic hate speech

Jewish groups have claimed that France's lack of judicial action against antisemites in the past amounted to a cover-up of hate crimes against Jews.

French comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, also known as Dieudonne (C) performs the "quenelle" gesture

Report: Mother of Toulouse killer received public housing to be near son’s trial

Abdelkadar Merah is accused of helping his younger brother, Mohammed, kill four Jews and three soldiers in 2012.

Zoulikha Aziri, the mother of gunman Islamist militant Mohammed Merah, who killed 7 people in 2012, leaves during the trial of her son Abdelkader Merah, who stands accused of complicity in the series of shootings committed by his brother, at the courthouse in Paris, France, October 2, 2017.

French girl hospitalized following classmates’ antisemitic attack

The alleged assault was reported to France’s ministry of education by the National Bureau for Vigilance Against Antisemitism.

POLICE PATROL the Trocadero area, across the Seine River from the Eiffel Tower, in Paris

Motorist in France suspected of assaulting Jewish man with knife

A rogue driver approached a man wearing a Star of David pendant, shouting that he would "kill the Jew."

A man wears a kippa.

Netanyahu to Macron: 'Your struggle is our struggle' against extremism

Netanyahu and Macron spoke during a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Vel d'Hiv roundup of French Jews during WWII.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, July 16, 2017

French intellectuals decry 'cover-up' of Jew’s slaying by Muslim neighbor

"Sarah died as the media remained quasi-indifferent.”

French police officers [Illustrative]

French President Macron’s party withdraws 2nd candidate who supported BDS

“Boycott Israeli products and [apply] an economic embargo!” William Tchamaha once wrote on Twitter.

French President Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche!

Macron unveils cabinet with critics, advocates of Israel

The cabinet is split between men and women, and includes the child of a holocaust survivor.

Emmanuel Macron

Picasso work stolen by Nazis sells for $45 million at auction

French master's "Femme assise, robe bleu" was subject of 1964 film "The Train."

Visitors walk around Pablo Picasso's depiction of Dora Maar in "Femme assise, robe bleu", May 2017.

To French Israelis: A wake-up call to block a Le Pen presidency

Reflecting the poor state of French internal affairs and economic sluggishness, Jews made aliya en masse in the past two decades.

MARINE LE PEN, French National Front (FN) candidate for the 2017 presidential election, speaks during an interview over the weekend