French Jewish Representatives Call for ‘Zero Tolerance’ for Anti-Semitism, Amid Wave of Attacks

Jewish leaders in France have called on government powers to adopt a “zero tolerance” policy toward anti-Semitism.

The demand comes amid a surge of attacks on Jewish residents in the month of January.

France has been a hot spot of anti-Semitism for some time, sending many in the Jewish community packing:

But these past few weeks have been particularly harsh.

The Algemeiner has the story:

The representative body of Jews in France has called on the government to take “all necessary measures” to deter further antisemitic attacks, following a spate of hate crimes targeting Jews this month.

“In recent days, several serious incidents have occurred in the Paris region,” a statement issued this week by France’s leading Jewish communal organization CRIF said. The organization said these incidents were “evidence that a worrying and dangerous climate is settling over our country, creating a real concern for the Jewish community.”

The antisemitic incidents listed by CRIF as part of its “Zero Tolerance” call included the vandalism and subsequent arson of two stores selling kosher products in a mall in the suburb of Créteil and an anonymous threatening letter sent to a synagogue in the suburb of Saint-Maur.

Decorated with Nazi swastikas, the letter to the synagogue warned, “dirty jew bastards, Hitler will win,” and “you will burn.”

Undeterred by the threat, the Saint-Maur community announced on Sunday that a planned Bar Mitzvah party would be going ahead, with security provided and paid for by the family hosting the celebration. Michel Dluto, a representative of the synagogue, told local newspaper Le Parisien that security arrangements at the majority of communal events were now being funded by the community itself. “It’s been over a year since we had troops standing guard outside the synagogue,” Dluto said.

The representative body of Jews in France has called on the government to take “all necessary measures” to deter further antisemitic attacks, following a spate of hate crimes targeting Jews this month.

“In recent days, several serious incidents have occurred in the Paris region,” a statement issued this week by France’s leading Jewish communal organization CRIF said. The organization said these incidents were “evidence that a worrying and dangerous climate is settling over our country, creating a real concern for the Jewish community.”

The antisemitic incidents listed by CRIF as part of its “Zero Tolerance” call included the vandalism and subsequent arson of two stores selling kosher products in a mall in the suburb of Créteil and an anonymous threatening letter sent to a synagogue in the suburb of Saint-Maur.

Decorated with Nazi swastikas, the letter to the synagogue warned, “dirty jew bastards, Hitler will win,” and “you will burn.”

Undeterred by the threat, the Saint-Maur community announced on Sunday that a planned Bar Mitzvah party would be going ahead, with security provided and paid for by the family hosting the celebration. Michel Dluto, a representative of the synagogue, told local newspaper Le Parisien that security arrangements at the majority of communal events were now being funded by the community itself. “It’s been over a year since we had troops standing guard outside the synagogue,” Dluto said.

In the most serious incident, a 15 year-old Jewish girl was slashed in the face by a knife in the suburb of Sarcelles. Home to a large community of North African Jews, Sarcelles was the site of an antisemitic riot in July 2014 – at the height of the war in Gaza – when a Muslim mob wielding clubs and batons attacked Jewish-owned businesses.

The girl was slashed by an unidentified assailant who fled the scene immediately, Paris media outlets reported.

François Pupponi, the Socialist Mayor of Sarcelles, said he had no doubt that the attack on the teenager was antisemitic.

“In Sarcelles, everyone knows who is a practicing Jew, given the clothing they wear – and the delinquents also know it,” Pupponi – who has served as mayor since 1997 and has frequently urged more protection for Jewish residents – said in a statement.

“That an individual slashes the face of a young girl with a knife, while she is dressed like many women of the Jewish community, leaves no room for doubt,” Pupponi said in a statement. “In recent weeks, in Paris, Créteil and Sarcelles, we are experiencing a resurgence of antisemitic hostility. More than ever, we must be vigilant and mobilized against these acts to defend the values ​​of the Republic.”

Meanwhile, details continue to emerge of a brutal attack on a Jewish man at his home in Montreuil, near Paris, on December 18.

According to the BNVCA, a Jewish communal security organization, the man – named as “Mr. S H” – was awoken at 2 am by three masked individuals, who tied up, beat and robbed him. Though badly injured during the assault, the victim, who remains in hospital, managed to escape and notify police.

The BNCVA said that the “method” of the Montreuil intruders brought to mind the home raids last year on the Pinto family in Livry-Gargan, as well as the gruesome murder in April last year of the Jewish pensioner Sarah Halimi.

In a wide-ranging interview with The Algemeiner on Jan. 9, Francis Kalifat, the President of CRIF, noted that there had been up to 1,000 antisemitic incidents in France annually since 2000 – when a renewed Palestinian intifada against Israel was launched by the Palestinian Authority.

There are 450-500,000 Jews in France, making it the country with the third-largest Jewish population in the world after Israel and the United States.

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Phil McDonald

6 years ago

If the French government wants to trash their country, I’d leave too.

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Mahou Shoujo

6 years ago

The french don’t even pretend to listen to anyone but muslims. If Jews want more protection, they will have to form vigilante groups to do it themselves.

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R. Arandas

6 years ago

Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

The left has always preferred Muslims to Jews.

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Liatris Spicata

6 years ago

French Jewish Represenatives Call for ‘Zero Tolerance’ for Anti-Semitism

Whoa now- isn’t it islamophobic to call for zero tolerance of anti-Semitism? I mean, Mo and his stooges were pretty nasty to Jews, and if Mo was, well he is the role model for all men. Settler-colnialist mentality at work.

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Ariella

6 years ago

This will be a no surprise to anyone who read the Scripture. Nothing that is not written there things that had and is to come. We are living in the end times, and it is already written that Israel (Jewish people), will be persecuted and attacked in their own land and outside their own land. It will be the world against them, but really not them, it is the world against the G-d of Israel. So, it is time for everyone to turn to the Scripture instead of the world with its deceptive and wicked mainstream medias. It is time to repent and time to draw the line where we stand with, the truth or the lie. Pamela, may G-d bless you and protect you and lead you to His truth. And may G-d bless Israel and give them the strength they need most in this time of great evil and deceptions, and may they repent and turn back to Him and to accept the Way and the Truth and the Life, G-d in His grace and mercy had given to them and the world 2 thousand years ago. Amen.

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IzlamDownpressesHumanity

6 years ago

Calling for “zero tolerance against antisemitism” that will certainly make the muslums stand up and take notice! They’ll be abandoning the antisemitic tenets of their faith any day now I’m sure!

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R. Arandas

6 years ago

Sadly, the Europeans seem to prefer Muslims over Jews nowadays. 🙁

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Alleged-Comment

6 years ago

That won’t cure the hatred. Just thought I’d let you know. 😉

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