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.

|ByRABBI PINCHAS GOLDSCHMIDT
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

When identifying ourselves, we did not hide the fact that we are Israeli, and reactions were polite. I consider visiting places of Jewish interest a way of supporting the local community.

|ByNAHUM SCHNITZER
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

The Jewish man was feeding cats while wearing his yarmulke and tzitzit when he was reportedly accosted by a drunk man in his 40s.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
France commemorates 13th anniversary of Toulouse school massacre

France commemorates 13th anniversary of Toulouse Jewish school massacre

Arfi and CRIF Toulouse-Occitanie Président Franck Touboul visited the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school and met with the school principal Yaacov Monsonégo, whose daughter was murdered in the attack.

|ByMICHAEL STARR

Les enfants d’Izieu

Une histoire vieille de 70 ans. Mais dont le souvenir ne doit pas s’estomper. En 1944, les 44 enfants de la maison d’Izieu et leurs 7 éducateurs ont tous été déportés

APRIL 30, 2014ByVALERIE SHAPIRA
enfants izieu

A physical defense

The OZMA Self-Defense Project, which instructs participants on how to endure a disaster and its aftermath, is a response to worldwide anti-Semitism.

MARCH 27, 2014ByBENJI ROSEN
The word ‘quenelle,’ an anti-Semitic reference, is removed from ‘The Wall For Peace’ in Paris.

Dreyfus: A family affair

Beit Hatfutsot’s study of Alfred Dreyfus provides Jews today with food for thought.

MARCH 26, 2014ByBARRY DAVIS
Lucie and Alfred enjoy the fresh air in 1934.