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French Muslim teens sentenced to 7, 9 years in prison for gang raping Jewish girl

Two French Muslim teenagers who raped a 12-year-old Jewish girl in 2024 have been sentenced to seven and nine years in prison.

 French police officers stand guard in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France on November 14, 2015. Photo by Laurence Geai/Flash90
 View of an empty classroom at a school in Givatayim, during a teacher's strike, on May 6, 2025

Jewish schools around the world face historic opportunity amid enrollment wave - opinion

 People visit a memorial dedicated to the children of the Paris Vel D'Hiv round-up, on January 27, 2011 in Orleans, central France, after its unveiling as part of a worldwide souvenir day.

Elderly Jewish man beaten in France while feeding stray cats - report

 Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Athletes of Israel look on as the Eiffel Tower is seen from aboard a boat in the floating parade on the river Seine during the opening ceremony.

French ministers decry Nanterre graffiti calling for Jewish union 'out of our universities'


Bardella: National Rally best shield for French Jews

“Anti-Zionism is nothing more than an alibi for antisemitism,” said Bardella.

 Jordan Bardella, President of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party, speaks during a political rally in Etrepagny, France, December 15, 2024.

Man who viciously attacked Orleans rabbi arrested, victim tells 'Post'

The attacker was a minor, according to a social media statement by French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau.

 A member of the Jewish community prays at a synagogue in Orleans, central France, on March 23, 2025, the day after an attack to the rabbi of Orleans, for which a minor has been arrested

In broad daylight: French rabbi assaulted, bitten in front of son on way back from synagogue

Rabbi Arié Engelberg was on his way back from synagogue when he was reportedly kicked, punched, and bitten on the shoulder.

 Rabbi Arié Engelberg.

France commemorates 13th anniversary of Toulouse Jewish school massacre

Arfi and CRIF Toulouse-Occitanie Président Franck Touboul visited the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school and met with the school principal Yaacov Monsonégo, whose daughter was murdered in the attack.

 France commemorates 13th anniversary of Toulouse school massacre

'A smoking gun': Shocking investigation reveals systemic antisemitism at France's 'Le Monde'

Testimonies from within the newsroom reveal that the French Jewish community was explicitly referred to as a “hostile community” during editorial meetings.

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

Henri Borlant, sole child survivor of 6,000 deported to Auschwitz, dies at 98

The Shoah Memorial in Paris saluted Borlant as a "figure of the memory of the Shoah in France" before his passing.

 Survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camp Henri Borlant, poses in Paris on January 15, 2015 before the presentation of the book "Traces de L'enfer" or Traces of Hell, released to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi run concentration camps across Europe.

Almost 1 in 5 young French people think Jews leaving country would be good, CRIF finds

"Young people are more receptive to antisemitic, Islamist and conspiracy theories, which are invading social networks," said Jonathan Arfi.

 People attend a demonstration against anti-Semitism at the Place de la Bastille, in Paris, France, June 20, 2024.

Meyer Habib: I am very worried about France, it is much more antisemitic than Belgium

Former French MP Meyer Habib describes his worries about France's future as antisemitism soars across Europe and violence becomes normalized.

French Union of Democrats and Independents deputy Meyer Habib delivers a speech during a debate on Palestine status

PSG fans unveil 'Free Palestine' banner as France v Israel Paris game approaches

Paris St Germain said they had not been aware "of any plans to display such a message."

 Students hold Palestinians flags as they take part in the occupation of a street in front of the Sciences Po university during a demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza and Lebanon, the day after the one-year anniversary of Hamas' October 7 attack, in Paris, France, October 8, 2024.

Teenagers allegedly attempt to rape Jewish man in antisemitic Paris attack

Passers-by reportedly subdued the two suspects, stopping the alleged assault, and held them until police arrived

Tourists look at the Eiffel Tower from the Place de la Concorde as the sun sets over Paris, France, October 24, 2024.

French politicians propose law to make modern antisemitism punishable

The law would make terrorist apologism, denying Israel's existence, and the comparison of Jews or Israel to the Holocaust illegal.

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