France: Antisemitic tag at memorial for murdered Jewish women A garden in Nogent-sur-Marne dedicated to Sarah Halimi and Mireille Knoll was defaced with a swastika. Yossi Lempkowicz Sept. 15, 2024
‘The system has failed:’ Antisemitism flourishes in France A growing proportion of French society doesn’t agree that the problems faced by Jews are their problems as well, according to a recent survey. Ben Cohen March 24, 2023
Murderer of Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll sentenced to life The killing of the 85-year old, who was stabbed 11 times, was fueled by “a broader context of anti-Semitism,” a French court ruled. Aaron Bandler Nov. 11, 2021
The Mireille Knoll murder trial: Will France deliver justice this time? Even if it does, it won’t be forgotten that it took place in the shadow of the violent anti-Semitic murder of another Jewish woman, Sarah Halimi, who killer was set free. Ben Cohen Nov. 5, 2021
Anti-Semitism is a form of delirium, especially in France Those in its grip believe that Jews possess diabolical powers, that they are a secret conspiracy to control global affairs in their own malign interests, that they are responsible for the ills in the world. Melanie Phillips April 22, 2021
Suspects involved in murder of Holocaust survivor to go on trial in Paris One of them was 27 at the time of the attack; the other was 21. July 14, 2020
‘Dark days are coming back’: Justice is denied for Sarah Halimi What we are being told is that there is one standard for French Jews, and another, higher standard for everyone else. Ben Cohen Dec. 20, 2019
French Jews spend another Passover under anti-Semitism’s shadow There was the gruesome death of 85-year-old Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll, followed by a 30,000-strong march against anti-Semitism in Paris and the discovery of a serial killer . . . all this on the heels of a horrific Jewish murder last spring. Ben Cohen March 30, 2018
Thousands march in Paris following murder of Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll, 85 The rally, from the Place de la Nation to the victim’s home in the 11th arrondissement (district) of Paris, was marred by the presence of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen, leaders of the extreme left and extreme right. Yossi Lempkowicz March 28, 2018