Observation ·
The Twisted Logic Behind Recognition of Palestinian Statehood
By Robert SatloffFrance, Britain, and Canada pave roads to nowhere.
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Response ·
Watch the Recording of Our Conversation on French Jewry’s Existential Dilemma
By The EditorsFrance's Jews are caught between Islamist violence and secularist denigration. Four observers weighed the tradeoffs, exclusively for Mosaic subscribers.
Monthly Essay ·
French Jews on the Tightrope
By Anael MaletThreatened by Islamist violence on the one hand and an increasingly radical secularism on the other, the largest group of Jews in Europe is caught in a predicament. Is there a way out?
Observation ·
Eric Zemmour Has a Vision for French Jews. Will They Follow It?
By Angélique TalmorThe controversial French politician is an observant Jew who disdains Zionism and extols the “unequalled splendor” of France’s Catholic heritage. What's he up to?
Response ·
In Argentina, France, and Elsewhere in Europe, Attacks on Jews Are Judged by a Separate Yardstick
By Ben Cohen“This odious bombing was aimed at striking Jews who were going to the synagogue, and it hit innocent French people."
Observation ·
What’s Behind the Resurgence in French Anti-Semitism
By Harry Zieve CohenA new book forthrightly stares the various brands of French anti-Semitism in the face. Whether the author succeeds in placing them in their proper context is another question.
Observation ·
The Journey to Jewtown
By PhilologosThe origins of two strange names for French villages that are now suburbs of Paris.
Observation ·
French Islam’s Radical Turn, and Its Ramifications for French Jews
By Neil RogachevskyA new book shows the role played by anti-Semitism in the strengthening and consolidation of Islamism in France.
Observation ·
How France’s Failure to Confront Anti-Semitism Led to Its Failure to Stop Terrorism
By Shmuel TriganoAllegedly there is no anti-Semitism in France—only Jewish "communalism."
Response ·
How the Jewish Issue Brings France Up Against Its Own Reason for Being
By Alain El-MouchanIn the effort to enforce its political principles, France is weakening them.
Response ·
Why, Really, French Jews Are Leaving France
By Michel GurfinkielThey're not willing to sacrifice their Jewish identity in exchange for their security as individuals.
Response ·
France’s Long Ambivalent Relationship with the Jews
By Joshua MuravchikThe image of a “French republican idyll” masks a history of repeated anti-Jewish prejudice, and worse.
Response ·
The Society That Abandons Its Jews Abandons Itself
American readers might consider the flight of French Jewry to be as foreign as foie gras. But there are warnings to be heeded even by them.
Observation ·
What Do the Attacks in France Mean for the Survival of Liberal Democracy?
By Simon GordonThe liberal way of life is remarkably fragile. Is the West willing to fight for it?
Observation ·
In Light of Recent Events
By The EditorsLooking back at disturbing years for Europe's Jews.
Response ·
When All Is Said and Done in France…
By Robert S. WistrichFrench Jews will move to Israel.
Response ·
The Unwritten Rule
By Neil RogachevskyIn France, one is expected to be quiet about one’s Judaism in public. But a number of working-class French Jews don’t care.
Response ·
The Ferment that Feeds Anti-Semitism in France
By Michel GurfinkielA mix of the far-left, the far-right, radical Islam, and a dysfunctional political class.
Monthly Essay ·
Summer in Paris
By Robert S. WistrichAs the sound of "Death to the Jews!" filled the streets this summer, much of the French elite averted its gaze or blamed the Jews for their own misfortune. Do Jews still have a future in France?
