Tag: Judaism
Jewish schools booming in France
This trend follows the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7, 2023 against Israel and Israel’s war in Gaza since then. A feeling of insecurity has led Jewish families to abandon…
Israel is in turmoil! Ultra-Orthodox Jews took to the streets, harsh intervention from the police
There is chaos in Israel, which has been carrying out genocide against Palestine for months. Ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredim) took to the streets in West Jerusalem to protest compulsory military service.…
Three Bulgarians arrested for spraying red hands at Holocaust Memorial
Three Bulgarian nationals suspected of spray-painting red hands on the Holocaust Memorial in Paris in May have been arrested in Bulgaria and Croatia. All three men are close to the…
Russia behind anti-Semitic tags at the Shoah Memorial?
An investigation was opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office this Wednesday, May 22 after the discovery, last week, of anti-Semitic tags in the center of the capital. Dozens of red…
the government launches “strategies to combat anti-Semitism”
The French government launched a “conference to combat anti-Semitism” on Monday, May 6. Convened by the Minister in charge of Equality, Aurore Bergé, these meetings should last two months and…
the annual Jewish pilgrimage to the synagogue of Djerba and its celebrations canceled
In Tunisia, the annual Jewish pilgrimage of Ghriba which takes place in the south of the country, in Djerba, will not be held as usual this year. Religious rituals will…
anti-Semitic acts at a level not seen in 40 years
The United Kingdom has never seen so many acts of anti-Semitism as in 2023, according to an organization protecting Jewish places. The organization sees this as a direct link to…
Explosion of anti-Semitic acts in France: a phenomenon far from being new
A wave of hatred in France. Since the attack on October 7, hostile acts against people of the Jewish faith have exploded. Four times more anti-Semitic acts last year than…
The exhibition “Joann Sfar. “Life drawn” at the museum of art and history of Judaism in Paris
He is one of the most gifted, but also the most prolific, comic book authors of his generation. The designer, novelist and filmmaker Joann Sfar is in the spotlight until…
Dialogue around the archives of the pontificate of Pius XII during the Nazi period
From October 9 to 11, this international conference brought together researchers from around the world at the Pontifical Gregorian University to take stock of the opening, three years ago, of…