Sarah Halimi

French prosecutors suspect elderly Jew’s death linked to antisemitism

Rene Hadjaj, 89, was found dead after falling from the 17th floor of his apartment building. Police suspect that his neighbor may be connected to his death.

La Part-Dieu Central Business District, Lyon, France
PROTESTORS GATHER outside the French Embassy in Tel Aviv on Sunday to demand justice for Sarah Halimi, who was murdered by an antisemitic assailant in her apartment in Paris in 2017.

Majority of French Jews have been the victims of antisemitic acts - survey

Protesters gather in Jerusalem against the French ruling in the Sarah Halimi murder case, April 25, 2021.

French parliamentary report on the Sarah Halimi murder case reopens the wound it sought to heal

PROTESTORS GATHER outside the French Embassy in Tel Aviv on Sunday to demand justice for Sarah Halimi, who was murdered by an antisemitic assailant in her apartment in Paris in 2017.

French parliament launches investigation into Halimi verdict


French, Canadian, Israeli, UN officials demand justice for Sarah Halimi

The rally also comes as antisemitism has spiked across the Western world.

PROTESTORS GATHER outside the French Embassy in Tel Aviv on Sunday to demand justice for Sarah Halimi, who was murdered by an antisemitic assailant in her apartment in Paris in 2017.

Injustices for French Jews make the case for aliyah - opinion

France is home to the world’s third-largest Jewish population, at around 500,000. But with rising antisemitism across the country, it is no surprise that French Jews are packing up and leaving.

PROTESTORS GATHER outside the French Embassy in Tel Aviv on Sunday to demand justice for Sarah Halimi, who was murdered by an antisemitic assailant in her apartment in Paris in 2017.

Paris to name a street for Sarah Halimi

The street will be in the 4th District, also known as the Marais, which before the Holocaust was the heart of Jewish life in Paris

People gather to ask for justice for late Sarah Halimi on Trocadero plaza in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris yesterday.

French Jews on why they protest over Sarah Halimi, in their own words

Following the protests, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency spoke to multiple French Jews, asking them in interviews to share their thoughts and impressions from the situation on the ground.

Sarah Halimi was brutally murdered in her Paris home by Kobili Traore, who was not prosecuted because lawyers attributed his actions to a “massive psychotic episode” caused by smoking marijuana.

Charlie Hebdo's Sarah Halimi cover: Should antisemitism be decriminalized?

The cover reads: "Should we decriminalize antisemitism?" featuring a Muslim character holding a knife and smoking joints from a Jewish menorah.

Front cover of Charlie Hebdo depicts a man lighting joints from a Jewish menorah with the headline "Should antisemitism be decriminalized?"

Rivlin to Macron: After Sarah Halimi, send message against antisemitism

“I heard with sorrow of the decision of the French Supreme Court to confirm the decision that the accused in the antisemitic, brutal and terrible murder of Sarah Halimi is unfit to stand trial."

French President Emmanuel Macron and President Reuven Rivlin at the Palais de l’Elysee in Paris, France.

Chief Rabbi Lau: Halimi case ‘an abominable injustice,’ calls for retrial

He also cited the Talmudic dictum that “He who is merciful to the cruel will end up being cruel to the merciful,” and said a true judge had to demonstrate “resoluteness” towards evil.

Protesters gather in Jerusalem against the French ruling in the Sarah Halimi murder case, April 25, 2021.

Sarah Halimi case: French-Jewish judge resigns to protest high court decision

Following the decision to not hold Kobili Traore criminally liable for the murder of Sarah Halimi, a French-Jewish judge has quit his post.

People gather to ask for justice for late Sarah Halimi on Trocadero plaza in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris yesterday.

Sarah Halimi: Thousands in Paris, Tel Aviv protest court ruling

The demonstrations are to protest the French court ruling that Kolibi Traore is not criminally responsible for killing Sarah Halimi because he was smoked Cannabis.

People gather to ask for justice for late Sarah Halimi on Trocadero plaza in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris yesterday.

Letters to the Editor April 25, 2021: Spilled milk

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Antisemitism victims memorialized in new website by Diaspora Affairs Min.

Hundreds of Jews killed in an antisemitic attacks in the Diaspora since the end of the Holocaust will be commemorated on a new website.

Flowers and other items have been left as memorials outside the Tree of Life synagogue following last Saturday's shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 3, 2018