Sunday, January 11, 2015

Anti-Semitism fears for French Jews raise questions of fleeing from their home

Anti-Semitism feelings have increased drastically recently in France. A kosher supermarket was attacked, Jewish shops are being closed down, and armed police are surrounding the now closed synagogues. In fact, the Grande Synagogue of Paris was recently shut down for the first time since the Second World War. Furthermore, a former French soldier murdered four people outside of a Jewish school. His reasoning? He said the Jews have killed their brothers and sisters in Palestine. These events are just to name a few of the horror that French Jews are currently facing. The question that remains is do they flee the nation for protection or stay because it is their home.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-attacks-jews-thinking-of-leaving-as-fears-of-growing-antisemitism-are-exacerbated-following-atrocities-9970423.html

Julianna Grandinetti

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