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King_David

(14,851 posts)
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 08:28 AM Jan 2015

After attack, owner of Paris kosher market plans move to Israel

Three days after a terrorist attack in a kosher supermarket in Paris left four Jewish men dead, the owner of the beleaguered store voiced his intention to immigrate to Israel.

Patrice Walid, owner of HyperCacher kosher mart in Porte de Vincennes, was injured in the attack and said that the moment he is discharged from hospital, he wants to move to the Jewish state.

“He is planning to take his five kids and to board the plane [to Israel] as soon as possible,” Walid’s brother Yoel told Army Radio Monday, and noted that his brother is still recuperating from bullet wounds to his hand and stomach.

“He is in trauma, he is still unconscious. But at least he’s alive, that’s the most important thing,” Yoel Walid said.


http://www.timesofisrael.com/after-attack-owner-of-paris-kosher-market-plans-move-to-israel/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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After attack, owner of Paris kosher market plans move to Israel (Original Post) King_David Jan 2015 OP
I hope he has a happier life in Israel. NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #1
His brother had already done so oberliner Jan 2015 #2
Norman Lebrecht: France? For Jews, ‘C’est terminé’ King_David Jan 2015 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #4
Zionist organization sabbat hunter Jan 2015 #5
Post removed Post removed Jan 2015 #6
I thought Israel was the name of the country, Israeli government governing. uppityperson Jan 2015 #7
He had me until "Jew attack". That's all I need to see to know it only gets worse. marble falls Jan 2015 #8
I am sorry that sabbat hunter Jan 2015 #9
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
2. His brother had already done so
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 09:52 AM
Jan 2015

I wonder how many others will follow. The whole thing is quite depressing. France seems to have had a strong and vibrant Jewish community for quite some time.

King_David

(14,851 posts)
3. Norman Lebrecht: France? For Jews, ‘C’est terminé’
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 11:03 AM
Jan 2015
My family were hugely proud of being French. We can trace our lineage back to the dawn of citizenship records, to 1727, in a village on the outskirts of Strasbourg. Our patriarch was Grand Rabbin of the Lower Rhine, the first Jewish preacher to deliver sermons in French. When the Germans occupied Alsace-Lorraine in 1870, we moved to Paris. My ancestors were never going to live under any flag but the Tricolore.




http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2015/01/13/norman-lebrecht-france-for-jews-cest-termine

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