The number of antisemitic incidents across France has quadrupled and the situation has been steadily deteriorating for two decades, he said. The atmosphere towards the Jews is sometimes “unbearable.”
The video shows the effect of antisemitism on French Jews through the eyes of a non-Jewish family friend.
An Education Ministry investigation found no grading bias in French Jewish students' Baccalaureate exams, despite the school's legal claims of unexplained lower scores suggesting discrimination.
Previously, Jews were sensitive to any whiff of right-wing xenophobia, even against other groups. But today, these communities have greater fear of hostility from surging Muslim communities.
The changing face of Europe leaves the Jews of Europe with no way out; they have but one insurance policy: Israel’s Law of Return.
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In this volatile landscape, French Jews find themselves increasingly vulnerable, caught amid escalating societal tensions.
French activitists Marilou Brossier and Samuel Althan discuss the proliferation of antisemitism on the left, the inaction by President Emmanuel Macron and the right-wing party National Rally.
French Jews were plagued on both sides of the political spectrum by extreme candidates, some with a long history of antisemitism and some with a very recent history.
"We need to raise awareness among the moderate left, that it will not be acceptable to be in a coalition with Mélenchon," said CRIF president Yonathan Arfi.
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