France Archives

My Parisian Family

A shudder went down my spine when I read that Amedy Coulibaly, the terrorist responsible for the cold-blooded murder of five Jews in the Porte de Vincennes’s Hyper Cacher supermarket.

French Soldiers on Anti-Terror Patrol Outside Jewish Center Stabbed

Three French soldiers were injured in a terror attack in the city of Nice on Tuesday afternoon while guarding a Jewish Community Center.

France Implores Jews Not to Leave

A bit late in the day, is it not?

French Jews Must Leave Before it is Too Late

Many French Jews have noticed with discomfort that the “Je suis Charlie” campaign has gathered far more hashtags and demonstrators than the “Je suis Juif” one.

Europe’s Jews Tied to a Declining Political Class

As regular readers of my column will know, I am not an admirer of the analogy between the situation that Jews faced in Europe in the 1930s, and the trials and challenges we face now.

Gazans Rally in Support of Paris Terrorists, Threaten to “Slaughter” French Citizens in the Strip

In a dramatic and opposite response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks from the rest of the civilized world, over 200 Salafis in Gaza held a protest in support of the terrorists who killed over 17 people in France.

A Cartoonist Urges Restraint—Except When it Comes to Israel

One might think cartoonists, as champions of irreverence and untrammeled free speech, would be unanimously resolute in defending their martyred comrades at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

European ‘No-Go’ Zones: Fact or Fiction? Part 1: France

A 120-page research paper entitled “No-Go Zones in the French Republic: Myth or Reality?” documented dozens of French neighborhoods “where police and gendarmerie cannot enforce the Republican order or even enter without risking confrontation, projectiles, or even fatal shootings.”