The attacks last week on the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and on a kosher supermarket in Paris shocked the world with their brutality and complete disregard for innocent human lives.
Unfortunately anti-Semitic incidents against French Jews are nothing new. In recent months they have been growing in intensity and frequency, including an anti-Israel protest that quickly turned out of control this past summer.
With the latest terror attacks, French Jewry are questioning their future as a community. Multiple media reports in recent days have focused on the issue:
CNN: ‘Je Suis Juif’: Do Jews and France have a future together?
LA Times: Jews worry about their future in France after attack on kosher market
NPR: Many French Jews Choose To Leave France Because Of Anti-Semitism
JTA: After attack, spike in emigration could deplete France’s Jewish community
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