For Amnon Shemi and his wife, Diane, the Gaza hostages are a more personal issue because a member of their extended family was kidnapped.
After centuries of blood libel cases, history is repeating itself with recent attacks in Washington DC and Boulder.
Friday's incident follows another in the town of Deauville in Normandy last week, when Elie Lemmel said he was punched in the stomach by an unknown assailant.
Barbra Steinmertz, 88, was one of 12 injured while walking to raise awareness of the remaining hostages in Gaza.
David Hennequet, commander at the Deauville police station, told Ouest-France that the rabbi was struck by three drunken individuals at around 3:30pm.
The attack occurred during a weekly walk held to raise awareness for Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza.
The Wall of the Righteous, dedicated to 3,900 individuals who helped rescue Jews in France during the Holocaust, was one of the vandalized sites.
In this article, the antisemitism envoys for the Trump and Biden administrations push for unity in the fight against antisemitism.
The Creative Community For Peace letter calls for the end to "lies designed to demonize Israel and the Jewish people."
The 39-year-old suspect tried to attack the synagogue while a children's educational group was inside. He was later arrested by the Russian security service.