"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.
Levy explained that many of the fears around rising antisemitism were exaggerated, and said that he had never encountered antisemitism himself.
The video shows the effect of antisemitism on French Jews through the eyes of a non-Jewish family friend.
The Jewish leaders represented small communities and suburbs and did not come from any of the country's established Jewish groups or institutions.
Rima Hassan's comments on the October 7 massacre placed her and La France Insoumise in a precarious position.
President Emmanuel Macron has opened a Pandora’s box that leaves French citizens disoriented, worried, and angry.
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."
Antisemitism, unassimilated immigrant populations, and challenges to French national identity render the next chapters uncertain for French Jews.
Asked whether she was reassured of the current situation in France regarding antisemitism, she answered flatly “no."
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.
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