French Jews Tell of a New and Threatening Wave of Anti-Semitism

(New York Times) Swastikas, slogans, and physical assaults against Jews in Europe have reached a frequency not seen since the 1930s. In the vast majority of cases, the assailants are young Muslims of North African heritage. The greatest number and most violent attacks have come in France, which, with an estimated six million Muslims and 650,000 Jews in the country, has Europe's largest Jewish and largest Muslim populations.


2003-03-25 00:00:00

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