Paris police are investigating after multiple participants were heard shouting “dirty Jews” at a demonstration in Paris focused on Adama Traore, a black man who died in police custody there in 2016.The chants erupted at Republique Square on Saturday...
By Sarah Weinman, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published June 13, 2012
The exhibition “Hidden in Plain Sight” sheds light on a long-kept secret in artist Bunny Burson’s family. The artist’s maternal grandparents attempted to escape from Germany and Latvia between 1938 and 1941, after they helped their children immigrate...
PARIS -- Jewish voters couldn't put incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy over the top in the first round of presidential elections in France. The Socialist Party candidate Francois Hollande eked out a 1.4 percent victory on Sunday over Sarkozy, the center-right...
PARIS—When Arie Bensemhoun, a Jewish community leader in Toulouse, woke up Tuesday morning, he thought for a moment that the horrific shooting of three children and a rabbi at a local Jewish school might just have been a bad dream.Like others in the...
TOAST OF THE TOWN, this year’s annual J Associates fundraiser Saturday, April 21, will be held at The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard. It is to be presented in the style of “The Ed Sullivan Show” (are you old enough to remember that?) and will...
PARIS -- French Prime Minister Francois Fillon advised Muslims and Jews to forego ritual slaughter practices he deems un-modern, sparking controversy. “I think religions should think about maintaining traditions that no longer have much in common with...
PARIS -- A Socialist politician in France and his partner said they were verbally assaulted by a group who shouted an anti-Semitic slur as well as support for the far-right National Front Party. Arnaud Montebourg, a leading Socialist politician, and...
PARIS -- A Paris court upheld an earlier decision against far-right former presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen for "contesting" the Holocaust. On Thursday a Paris appeals court upheld a 2008 decision and said Le Pen was guilty of " the contestation...
PARIS -- A Paris court upheld an earlier decision condemning extreme-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen for "contesting" the Holocaust. On Thursday a Paris appeals court upheld a 2008 decision, and said Le Pen was guilty of "the contestation of crimes against...
PARIS -- Former captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and his parents met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the presidential palace in Paris. "We are very happy to be here at the Elysee Palace," said Noam Shalit, speaking to journalists Wednesday...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 1, 2012
The dictionary defines a brasserie as "an informal French restaurant serving simple hearty food." That is exactly what Gerard Craft, our town's celebrity chef (and founder of Niche in the Benton Park neighborhood), had in mind when he opened Brasserie...
A founder of the French Liberal Jewish movement was questioned on suspicion that he raped several female minors. French media reported Tuesday that Rabbi Daniel Farhi, 70, was questioned the same day at a police station in Paris. He has denied the accusations....
