France Jews

'From the river to the sea' could be punishable under new French law, says MP Yadan - interview

French MP Caroline Yadan's Bill 575, which seeks to combat “renewed forms of antisemitism,” has already been adopted by the French National Assembly Law Committee.

Caroline Yadan in Jerusalem, February 17.
 ‘All the security is not a normal life,’ Rabbi Moshe Sebbag told The Jerusalem Post as French Jews face an uncertain future.

Jews were target of majority of antireligious acts in 2025, French ministry reveals

Aliyah from France, which was saw 1,500 to 2,000 people moving to Israel every year, increased in 2025 to 3,300.

A fractured bond: France, Israel, and French Jews at a defining moment - analysis

A police officer wearing a bulletproof vest with a plate carrier marked POLICE stands in Rillieux la Pape in Lyon in France on November 10 2025.

Trial begins against French murderer who threw elderly Jewish neighbor off Lyon balcony


'Jews have no more than ten years left in France' says Sarcelles Rabbi - exclusive

"I don’t want to play with you because you’re a Jew," Jewish children in France are being told as they are pressured to convert to Islam by their peers on the playground.

  Sarcelles Chabad Rabbi Yaacov Bitton

Paris Grande Synagogue treasurer: ‘French Jews must stay in France’ - interview

Levy explained that many of the fears around rising antisemitism were exaggerated, and said that he had never encountered antisemitism himself.

 Great Synagogue in Paris

'Jews live here': French anti-antisemitism campaign hits close to home

The video shows the effect of antisemitism on French Jews through the eyes of a non-Jewish family friend.

 People attend a demonstration against antisemitism at the Place de la Bastille after three teenagers aged 12 to 13 were indicted in Courbevoie, accused of rape and antisemitic violence against a 12-year-old girl, in Paris, France, June 20, 2024.

French Jewish community heads request meeting with National Rally's Le Pen

The Jewish leaders represented small communities and suburbs and did not come from any of the country's established Jewish groups or institutions.

 Marine Le Pen, member of parliament and member of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party parliamentary group during a debate about the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the National Assembly in Paris, October 23, 2023.

This far-left French politician said the Oct. 7 massacre was 'legitimate'

Rima Hassan's comments on the October 7 massacre placed her and La France Insoumise in a precarious position.

 Rima Hassan, the then candidate for the European elections on the list of La France Insoumise (LFI), attends a pro-Palestinian protest in central Paris, France, May 29, 2024.

Canary in a coal mine: French Jews warn of extreme politics amid growing antisemitism - opinion

President Emmanuel Macron has opened a Pandora’s box that leaves French citizens disoriented, worried, and angry.

FRANCE’S PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron speaks during a music festival in the courtyard of the Élysée presidential palace in Paris, on Friday. Macron has opened a Pandora’s box that leaves French citizens disoriented, worried, and angry, says the writer.

Macron, French Jews call for action after antisemitic rape of 12-year-old girl

French Education Minister Nicole Belloubet said on social media that the crime against the victim was abominable, and the response to such "barbarism" was "Justice, School, Republic."  

 French police stand guard as a forensics member collects evidence after officers shot dead an armed man earlier who set fire to the city's synagogue in Rouen, France, May 17, 2024.

Jews are part of the history of France, but are they part of its future?

Antisemitism, unassimilated immigrant populations, and challenges to French national identity render the next chapters uncertain for French Jews.

 ‘All the security is not a normal life,’ Rabbi Moshe Sebbag told The Jerusalem Post as French Jews face an uncertain future.

President of French Assembly: 'Deputies targeted by antisemitism'

Asked whether she was reassured of the current situation in France regarding antisemitism, she answered flatly “no."

 Yaël Braun-Pivet, newly-elected President of the National Assembly, reacts as she delivers a speech during the opening session of the National Assembly in Paris, France, June 28, 2022.

France seeing rise of 'new Nazism' in Paris, victim of antisemitism attack says

The victim, aged 62, recounted the incident on the French BFMTV. According to him, after he had exited a synagogue in the 20th arrondissement, he sat on the pavement in the street.

 French police officers stand guard in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France on November 14, 2015. Photo by Laurence Geai/Flash90