“He has been an unwavering ally to the Jewish people, especially during these challenging times,” Lauder said.
Following the La Grande-Motte attack, CRIF’s Yonathan Arfi calls on France to recognize and combat rising modern antisemitism.
Since the October 7 Massacre, Jewish students had been deeply troubled, and they faced rising antisemitism not just on campus but in broader society.
A French police officer was injured on Saturday when a blazing car exploded in the car park of a synagogue in the coastal town of La Grande-Motte.
The Paris Police Prefecture said on Thursday that it was looking for a man who verbally harassed an Orthodox Jewish family.
The Jerusalem Post spoke to four families making aliyah from France.
The Jewish Agency and Aliyah Ministry said that over 7,000 new Aliyah applications had been opened in France in 2024 compared to 1,200 the year prior.
Levy explained that many of the fears around rising antisemitism were exaggerated, and said that he had never encountered antisemitism himself.
The incident drew national outrage, with French President Emmanuel Macron attacking the vandals for undermining the memory of French heroes and the victims of the Holocaust.
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