At the town hall of the 11th district, just opposite my flat, a little table was set outside on 15 November for flower tributes and a book of remembrance for the more than 129 killed in the terrorist rampage through my neighbourhood. Continue reading…
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Bettencourt corruption trial rocked by defendant’s suicide attempt
A corruption trial in which 10 people are accused of trying to defraud France’s richest woman is in danger of unravelling before it begins after one of the defendants attempted to kill himself. Continue reading…
Nutella not a girl’s name, French court rules
A French court has barred a couple from naming their daughter Nutella after the popular hazelnut chocolate spread. Continue reading…
French Jewish exodus: “in two months we’ll be called filthy Jews again”
Félix Freoa was already intending to emigrate to Israel with his wife and four children in March or April. He and his family have been planning the move for the last couple of years. But after Friday’s deadly hostage-taking at a kosher supermarket they know well, they could wait no longer, and brought forward their departure. “That afternoon, we applied to go next month,” said Félix. Continue reading…
Why are French Jews heading to Israel in such numbers?
At the Jerusalem funeral of the four French Jews murdered in the HyperCacher supermarket, Claude Bloch was standing near the back listening to the French ecology minister, Ségolène Royal, deliver her eulogy on behalf of the French government. Continue reading…