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Solange Lebovitz shares her story at the Holocaust Center’s Sept. 12 event at Chatham University (Photo by Abigail Hakas)
September 16, 2024, 10:16 am
Solange Lebovitz recounts her experiences at Holocaust Center event
As a child, Lebovitz was hidden in France with a Catholic couple.
By Abigail Hakas
Marcus Henry, Katelyn Livorse, Dr. Kelsey Madsen, Viriginia Williams and Cara Scott (Photo courtesy of Grove City College)
February 5, 2024, 9:45 pm
Grove City students translate accounts of French Jews during the Holocaust
Historian David Rosenberg's work has reached the small liberal arts college — and has touched students there.
By Justin Vellucci
Emile Ackermann and Myriam Ackermann-Sommer are leading what is thought to be one of the only Modern Orthodox congregations in France. (David Khabinsky)
July 7, 2023, 5:24 pm
France gets its first Orthodox woman rabbi
There are only believed to be five other women rabbis in France, all under the liberal umbrella.
By Alice d'Oléon
Panoramic view of Paris (Photo by Luke Webb via Pexels)
August 31, 2022, 12:36 pm
Murder of a Jewish man near Paris reignites fears about antisemitism in France
Watchdog group says the alleged killer wrote about hating France, hating Jews and hating Israel,.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Pointe du Hoc - Image by Dionna Dash
April 27, 2022, 10:18 am
Of liberation, from generation to generation
Walking those beaches in Normandy was a sort of generational catharsis, a way of acknowledging the atrocities and sacrifices faced by both of my heritages.
By Dionna Dash
The entrance to the Yeshivat Beth Yossef in Bussières, France. (Google Maps)
February 1, 2022, 4:20 pm
French police arrest 16 teachers at Orthodox school for allegedly abusing students
The Prosecutor’s office of Meaux said the raid was over “sequestration, confiscation of IDs, unsuitable living conditions and maltreatment," among other things.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Demonstrators affiliated with the Jewish Community of Rome hold signs protesting the "Halimi affair" near the French Embassy in Rome, April 25, 2021. (Andrea Ronchini/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
January 24, 2022, 10:57 am
French parliamentary report on Halimi murder case reopens wound it sought to heal
Last year, a judge ruled that Sarah Halimi’s professed killer was not responsible for his actions because his consumption of marijuana had induced a psychotic episode.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Jews at a march in Paris for Mireille Knoll, March 28, 2018. (Photo by Cnaan Liphshiz)
November 10, 2021, 7:40 pm
Paris court hands life sentence to murderer of Holocaust survivor
The charred body of Mireille Knoll, 85, was discovered in her apartment on March 23, 2018. She had been stabbed 11 times before her apartment was set ablaze by the perpetrators.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Visitors study the Grande Mosque of Toulouse, June 23, 2018. (Photo by Eric Cabanis/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
September 17, 2021, 1:21 pm
French court acquits imam for quoting text telling Muslims to kill Jews
Jewish community leaders, who broke relations with the imam and his mosque following the discovery of his sermon, protested the ruling.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A police officer walks into the scene of the murder of a history teacher in Éragny, France on Oct. 16, 2020. (Abdulmonam Eassa/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
October 19, 2020, 10:44 am
French teacher beheaded, Jewish groups urge rallying against Islamic terrorism
After the French teacher was beheaded, French Jewish groups called on their supporters to join a rally in memory of the teacher.
Abraham Azagury (right) stands beside his parents Rabbi Salomon and Corrine Azagury shortly before leaving Aix-les-Bains. Photo by Adam Reinherz
April 18, 2019, 5:02 pm
Beautiful and terrifying, trip offers insight into plight of French Jews
Wondrous visit abroad reveals life amid splendor and dread.
By Adam Reinherz
Ilse Bing (German, 1899–1998), “Self-Portrait with Leica,” 1931. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg. Exhibition organized by art2art Circulating Exhibitions.
March 14, 2019, 2:21 pm
Notable Jewish photographers showcased in new Frick exhibit
The advent of the miniature Leica camera allowed photographers new freedom to wander the streets of Paris and capture images representing the zeitgeist of the times in new ways.
By Toby Tabachnick
Rabbi Moshe Sebbag, rabbi of the Great Synagogue of Paris, la Victoire, outside of the Tree of Life building. (Photo courtesy of Rabbi Moshe Sebbag)
November 2, 2018, 3:52 pm
French rabbi visits Pittsburgh in transatlantic show of support
Jews in his community were beside themselves at the horror of what happened here.
By Adam Reinherz
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