There are also Jewish athletes hailing from the United States, Canada and Australia, including Olympic debutants like US swimmer Claire Weinstein and veterans like Aussie paddler Jessica Fox.
The National Security Council issued advice how to stay safe during the Paris Olympics in light of growing security threats and hostilities.
"It is clear today that there is no future for Jews in France," Rabbi Moshe Sebbag told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. "I tell everyone who is young to go to Israel or a more secure country."
The report detailed that pro-Palestinian activism was largely behind the increase in antisemitism, particularly when “support for the Palestinian cause turns into an apology for terrorism.”
Paris District 17 Mayor Geoffroy Boulard on Sunday condemned an antisemitic attack on several minors in his district, outside a movie theatre in the So Ouest shopping center.
Two rallies were held this week in France to protest rising antisemitism and the antisemitic rape of a girl.
"The terrorist threat remains just as important as the protest threat posed by radical environmental groups, the ultra-left left and the pro-Palestinian movement," Nunez said.
One of the suspected perpetrators of the crime was an ex-boyfriend of the victim who reportedly said he was moved by vengeance after the victim hid from him her Jewish identity.
The Wall of the Righteous and other sites in the neighborhood were defaced by hooded individuals, according to the Holocaust memorial foundation.
The elite political sciences university this week became the center of a wave of protests at several schools in France over the war and academic ties with Israel.
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