French jews

Liberty, equality, impunity: France ignored the warnings. Now it’s paying for it - opinion

The violence in France reflects years of ignored warnings, normalized radical rhetoric, and a growing failure to uphold the Republic’s values.

A masked students attempts to kick a tear gas canister, amid clashes with French riot police during a protest by French high school and university students near Lycee Paul Eluard high-school to demand the hiring of substitute teachers, increased resources and better learning conditions.
People march during a pro-Palestinian protest in Barcelona, Spain, October 4, 2025

'Feared for my life': French Jew recalls antisemitic attacks in Barcelona when leaving synagogue

The Portico d'Ottavia, a prominent ancient Roman structure located in the historical Jewish Ghetto quarter of Rome (Illustrative).

French Jewish tourist wearing kippah attacked twice in two days in Rome

THE MIZRAHI identity is central to "Just An Illusion."

The story behind French-Jewish directing partners’ film ‘Just An Illusion’ - interview


Twelve Torah scrolls stolen in targeted antisemitic break-in at synagogue near Paris

"It was with shock and anger that I learned this morning that the Jewish community of Levallois had been struck at what is most sacred and precious to it," said Levallois Mayor Agnès Pottier-Dumas.

Synagogue ACCIL.

Some 300 evacuated after car with military-grade weapon found near Paris synagogue

French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said that an investigation was underway and that a "military weapon" had been found in the vehicle.

French police officers stand guard in front of the Synagogue of Sarcelles, Paris's suburb, on October 11, 2023, after recent Hamas attacks in Israel.

Mélenchon accused of antisemitism after claiming CRIF 'gives orders' to French ministers

French far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon sparked outrage after claiming ministers “follow orders” from CRIF, triggering antisemitism accusations from officials and Jewish groups.

Founder of French left-wing party La France Insoumise (LFI) and presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon visits the VivaTech technology startups and innovation fair at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, in Paris on June 19, 2026.

French-Israeli businessman buys eight unbuilt Jerusalem apartments for NIS 24 million

"Kiryat Yoval is at a turning point where the old housing supply is being replaced by modern buildings, which create price arbitrage in favor of buyers in the early stages"

A View of Kiryat Menachem and Kiryat Yovel, Jerusalem

Proposed French sanctions will fuel antisemitism, isolate French Jews, lawyers warn

France is working with several European countries to step up pressure on Israel by imposing coordinated national sanctions targeting individuals linked to violence in the West Bank.

Protesters hold signs depitcting Jean-Luc Melenchon as in a mugshot and reading "Antisemite Populist, Jean-Luc Melenchon, Repeat offender, Puts a target in the back of Jews."

Tunisian national arrested for planned terror attack on Louvre or Jewish community in Paris

According to Le Monde, in one conversation, the detainee claimed to know access points that lead to the Louvre and discussed making explosives he could plant at the museum. 

(ILLUSTRATIVE) The Louvre Museum in Paris. Archive.

Are French courts unwilling to call out antisemitism, recognize Jew-hatred? - analysis

In December 2025, an Algerian nanny was sentenced to two and a half years’ imprisonment for poisoning a French Jewish family, but the court ruled this was not an act of antisemitism.

French flag and court gavel in this illustration taken November 5, 2025.

Jewish boy tripped, punched, held at knifepoint on way to Paris synagogue

The boy, who was wearing a kippah at the time of the attack, said 5 attackers physically assaulted him, made antisemitic remarks, and stole his AirPods.

This photograph shows a French flag fluttering with the La Defense business district in the background skyline, in Paris, on December 5, 2025.

French judges issue legal summons for French-Israel activists accused of 'genocide' - interview

One of the activists was identified as Nili Kupfer-Naouri, a French-Israeli lawyer and the founder of the charity Israel Is Forever.

 People block the entrance to Ashdod port during a protest against aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip, in Ashdod, southern Israel, February 1, 2024.

'Deeply alarming': Jewish primary school in Paris vandalized, CCTV damaged

A Jewish primary school in Paris was vandalized over the weekend, with windows smashed and property damaged, as prosecutors opened a probe into aggravated antisemitic vandalism.

A French National Police officer, wearing a body-worn camera, stands in Paris, France, December 10, 2025.