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French policeman posthumously honoured as Righteous Among the Nations

A police officer responsible for foreign immigrants in wartime France has been posthumously honoured as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem for his role in saving Jews during the Holocaust.

French authorities close Salafist mosque for incitement against Jews and Shi’a

A court in Marseille has authorised a police request to close a Salafist mosque for six months for incitement to violence, hatred and discrimination.

French rabbi and educator Josy Eisenberg dies

French rabbi, author, producer and broadcaster Josy Eisenberg passed away on Friday aged 83.

French far-right author fined for Holocaust denial

A court in Paris fined the far-right author Alain Soral 6,000 euros for Holocaust denial for the publication of a pamphlet he wrote entitled “Memorial Pornography.”

French police arrest five people after attack on Jewish family in Paris suburb

Two months after an attack on a Jewish family in their home in the Paris suburb of Livry-Gargan, five suspects were arrested by police on Tuesday.

Leading French socialist booted from party over antisemitic tweet

A top official in France’s Socialist Party was expelled on Tuesday days after tweeting an antisemitic image targeting President Emmanuel Macron.
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