French Jews Rocked by 2 New Anti-Semitic Incidents

[Behind the Aegis]

A man attacked guards at a Jewish school and an agency appealed for workers who are not Jewish

Less than a month after the Paris attacks that left 17 dead, two incidents this week have deepened anxieties among French Jews about rising anti-Semitism in France.

First on Monday, a graphic-design studio in Paris posted an ad on a job-search website, calling for applicants who were “if possible not Jewish.” Then on Tuesday, a man wielding an 8-in. knife lunged at a group of soldiers guarding the Jewish Community Center in the southern French city of Nice, wounding at least two of them.

While the incidents were unconnected, they have heightened a sense of vulnerability among France’s 500,000 or so Jews. They come at a sensitive time, as the community tries to comprehend last month’s hostage siege at a kosher supermarket in Paris, in which a gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria shot dead four French Jews. “There are a few thousand people with prejudices against Jews,” says Roger Cukierman, president of the French Jewish representative council, or CRIF. “We are very worried.”

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[JDPriestly]

1. And some of the French Jews are from North Africa where they were made to feel unwelcome.

This is a very ugly development and there is no excuse for it.

[Bonobo]

2. No need for concern.

I'm sure it's only because of Israel's policies.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. Yup!

It is never the fault of those who...well, actually did the shit!

[sellitman]

4. Netanyahu deserves it

But we aren't Anti-Semitic or anything.

[etherealtruth]

5. WTF

I can't even wrap my mind around this kind of hatred

[Rhinodawg]

6. Last Jew to leave France, please turn off the lights.

I'm sure Hollande will issue those empty words condemning these attacks.


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[Nuclear Unicorn]

7. I for one am glad the design studio posted the, "if possible not Jewish" sign.

It saves me the hassle of apply/working/shopping/conversating/associating with a bigoted jackass.