Le’Chaim to France

By Nikki Tabibian
Published on August 27, 2012

Thousands of French Jews check out aliyah

Published on May 7, 2012

Some 5,000 French Jews participated in an aliyah fair in Paris.

Hollande beats Sarkozy to win French presidency

Published on May 6, 2012

Francois Hollande became the first Socialist president of France in nearly two decades, defeating incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.

A teacher and three students shot dead outside French Jewish school

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on March 19, 2012

French philanthropist aid to Iranians comes full circle

By Karmel Melamed
Published on November 29, 2007

Philanthropist Hubert Leven, a French Ashkenazi Jew who recently visited Los Angeles, has ties to the close-knit Iranian Jewish community that go back four generations.

Letter from France: Battle against anti-Semitism enters new phase with increased legal action and harsher penalties

By Shirli Sitbon
Published on September 13, 2007

French Jews were relieved to learn of the arrest and conviction of Nizar Ouedrani, a man who assaulted a young Jew wearing a kippah in Paris last July, as the victim was walking toward a synagogue. The incident is one among dozens, but for the first time, Jewish leaders noted, the court opted for a severe sentence.

Plan 9 from La Belle France

By David Suissa
Published on January 11, 2007

If I were the boss of L.A. Jewry, I'd make it easier for French Jews to move to Los Angeles. Why? Because many of them would love to live here. And judging from those that have already settled here, they boost the local economy, they enhance our quality of life, and they love their Judaism.

France Tirelessly Battles Anti-Semitism

By Philippe Larrieu
Published on December 8, 2005

Since the French Revolution guaranteed their full civil and political rights, French Jews have played a major role in the development of the French republican ideal and model. A list, from that time onward, of the French political leaders tied to the community, illustrated by real statesmen and women, would simply be too long. Not to mention artists, scientists, philosophers, writers, actors and musicians, spiritual figures.

French Riots Not a Jewish Problem

By Lauren Elkin
Published on November 10, 2005

That appears to be the consensus of French Jews, who are simultaneously alarmed at the widespread violence of mostly Muslim youths in suburbs around the country -- and relieved that Jews have not been directly targeted, as they were during the height of the Palestinian intifada.

Anti-Semitism Takes No Holiday in France

By Carole Raphaelle Davis
Published on August 12, 2004

This is the season of le grand départ, when millions of French people leave for their summer vacation. Eighty-four percent of the French population will be going away on holiday this summer, and there are traffic jams hundreds of kilometers long from Paris to the Riviera.

But this year, as the masses pack their bathing suits, say au revoir to their co-workers and squeeze into crowded trains bound for the sea, Jew haters don't seem to be taking a holiday.

French Jews

By Philip Carmel
Published on February 5, 2004

French Jewish leader Roger Cukierman has moderated his tone during the past 12 months -- but his message appears largely unaltered.

Jews in France are living "in a time of malaise," Cukierman, president of the CRIF umbrella organization of French Jews, told more than 800 guests at the group's annual dinner Saturday.

Jews Bid France Adieu

By Andrew Diamond
Published on December 27, 2001

With French Jews complaining about a rise in anti-Semitic violence, there appears to be a sharp increase in the number of people inquiring about immigrating to Israel.