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‘I’m not afraid’: French Jews defy threats of violence ahead of Paris soccer match

Anna Epshtein — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:22:06 +0000

Although French officials are bracing for violence as Israel’s national soccer was due to play in Paris on Thursday night, local Jews insisted they would attend the match despite the threats. French authorities said 4,000 policemen would be deployed at the Stade de France and more security around the capital one week after pro-Palestinian rioters in […]

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Murderer of Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll sentenced to life

JNS — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 05:53:53 +0000

A French court on Wednesday sentenced Yacine Mihoub to life in prison, with no possibility of parole for 22 years, for the 2018 murder of Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll. A second man, Alexander Carrimbacus, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for theft with antisemitic intent. In its ruling, the court said that the murder-robbery […]

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Norway arrests suspect in 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris

JNS — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 05:50:48 +0000

The suspect, a man who had been sought by French prosecutors for the bombing of and shooting at the Jo Goldenberg restaurant, was apprehended due to a change in Norwegian law.

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Kosher grocery store near Paris destroyed by fire on terror attack anniversary

Agencies — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 23:37:37 +0000

A kosher grocery store in a Paris suburb was destroyed in an arson attack on the third anniversary of the deadly Islamic terror attack on the French capital’s Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket.

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World’s Jewish leaders send condolences to France

J-Wire News Service — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 03:10:25 +0000

Top Jewish community professionals from 40 countries world-wide have met in Lisbon for a two-day conference organized by the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and sent a combined message of condolence to the France's Prime Minister.

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French police issue arrest warrants for suspects in 1982 Jewish deli attack

Agencies — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 23:42:58 +0000

French police have identified three suspects in a terror attack on a Jewish deli in Paris that occurred 32 years ago.

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Parisian Jewish family finds a new home…in Sydney

Roz Tarszisz — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 03:06:45 +0000

As thousands of French Jews flock to Israel in the wake of terrorist attacks, one Parisian family has made a new home for itself...in Sydney's Eastern suburbs.

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Anti-Defamation Commission takes issue with President Carter

J-Wire News Service — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 22:18:05 +0000

The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission has severely criticised as wrong and offensive comments by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter about the Paris murders.

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Je suis parce que je pense…writes Rabbi Chaim Ingram

Rabbi Chaim Ingram — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 21:11:25 +0000

Rabbi Chaim Ingram rethinks Descartes "I think therefore I am" applying the phrase to the recent Paris murders.

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The Fruits of Cowardice and Appeasement…writes Isi Leibler

Isi Leibler — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 22:21:30 +0000

Isi Leibler on Paris

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