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March 6, 2020

In a Region of France with Few Jews, Anti-Semites Attack Their Cemeteries

An epidemic of vandalism in the historic cradle of Ashkenazi Jewry.

Jews settled in the Alsace region of southeastern France in the 9th century CE, and the region became part of the cradle of Ashkenazi Jewry. Today, Jews in Alsatian cities live under constant threat of violence and harassment from Muslim neighbors, while both the political right and left flirt with anti-Semitism. Even though Alsace lost most of its Jewish population during the Holocaust, anti-Semites have been defacing Jewish graves. Adam Nossiter writes:

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