Tag: Jewish Paris
Paris Hotel & Restaurant Report: Le Grand Mazarin and Boubalé
Le Grand Mazarin, its Ashkenazic/Israeli restaurant Boubalé, and its kitsch-chic bar present a pastiche of major markers of the past 500 years of the Marais district of Paris.
Interview: Sofia Falkovitch, France’s First Female Jewish Cantor
Watch the video interview in this article to understand the dual nature of Sofia Falkovitch and her work, at once alien and fully connected. Video interview filmed at the Copernic Synagogue in Paris.
Lecture: A Jewish Tour of Paris
During his February 2020 U.S. lecture tour, Gary Lee Kraut, the Paris-based writer and editor of France Revisited, will present a lecture entitled A Jewish Tour of Paris: Exploring Historical and Contemporary Paris through the Lives of Jews.
7,900 French Jews Reportedly Immigrated to Israel in 2015
The Paris office of the Jewish Agency for Israel, the organization mandated by the State of Israel to facilitate and encourage immigration from around the world, announced today that 7,900 French Jews immigrated to Israel in 2015. That represent a 10% increase over the record 2014 figure.
The Charlie Hebdo Survivor Issue and the Sabbath Candles
The week after terror attacks that targeted journalists at Charlie Hebdo and Jews at the kosher grocery millions of people bought the survivor edition of Charlie Hebdo out of solidarity with the victims and what they represented. But did any think of buying kosher food?
Jewish Paris: Deportation Memorial, Shoah Memorial, Vel d’Hiv Memorial
Jewish quarters come and go, but anti-Semitism never goes out of fashion. Most recently in France there’s been a growing attraction of the “quenelle,” a down-turned Nazi salute now understood by most to be an anti-Semitic, anti-establishment gesture. It has gained favor among individuals and groups who ...