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January 2015

Yards from the Paris hostage situation, a tefillin kit at the ready

By CNAAN LPHSHIZ

PARIS (JTA) — Standing for hours behind that yellow police line Friday, many of us could feel our patience running out as we waited idly near the Porte de Vincennes metro station for news from the hostage...

College students, teacher among 4 victims of Paris kosher attack

PARIS (JTA) — Just before Shabbat, Avishai Hattab told a Jewish radio station that he hoped to see his brother alive.

But by Saturday morning, it was clear that Yoav Hattab, a 21-year-old Tunisia native living in the Paris suburb...

Harassment, mismanagement allegations at LA Israeli consulate

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The Israeli Foreign ministry is investigating sexual harassment charges at its Los Angeles consulate.

According to a report by the Israeli news site Ynet, an internal report by the ministry looked into claims that a staffer...

Amsterdam shul shuttered after rowdy conduct by Israeli worshippers

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (JTA) — The Jewish Community of Amsterdam temporarily shuttered one of its synagogues, citing misconduct, including security breaches, by followers of an Israeli rabbi.

The Jewish Community of Amsterdam, or NIHS, on Wednesday said on its Facebook...

For first time since WWII, Paris’ Grand Synagogue closed on Shabbat

(JTA) — The Grand Synagogue of Paris was closed during Friday’s terror attacks and did not reopen for Shabbat services, marking the first time the synagogue has not held services since World War II.

The synagogue, situated on Rue de...

After kosher market attack, French Jews describe ‘huge amount of fear’

PARIS (JTA) – The two sieges that transfixed France and much of the world on Friday epitomize the problem Islamic radicalism poses in the heart of Europe: It’s a danger to civilized society generally, but especially to Jews.

Now it’s...

Vigil mourns victims of kosher shop attack; Bibi headed to Paris

PARIS (JTA) — Several thousand people came out Saturday evening to commemorate the victims of Friday’s deadly shooting at a kosher supermarket.

The vigil Saturday featured spontaneous singing...

Je suis Juif: 4 murder victims named from kosher center

PARIS (JTA) — The four fatalities at the attack on a kosher shop in the French capital were all Jews, the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities said.

CRIF identified the victims of the attack Friday as Yoav Hattab,...

Islamist terrorism in France accompanied by anti-Israel conspiracy theories

By ALINA DAIN SHARON

(JNS.org) — In a traumatic week for Paris that saw the murders of 12 people at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, four hostages at a kosher supermarket in Porte de...

Amid attacks, Christian-Jewish aid group exploring ways to help French Jews make aliyah

By SEAN SAVAGE

(JNS.org) — In the wake of Islamist terror attacks that killed a combined 16 people at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a kosher supermarket in Paris, the leader of a prominent Christian-Jewish aid...