France

In France, new chief rabbi embraces change

On issues like women’s leadership and patrilineal descent, Haim Korsia has signaled his willingness to take the religious establishment in a progressive direction.

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 13, 2014 4:32 pm

In Paris, Jewish teen mobbed, attempted arson at kosher eatery

Hours after the attempted arson of a Paris kosher restaurant, a group of French teenagers assaulted a Jewish adolescent outside a school.

November 10, 2014 8:25 am

Lviv mayor: France’s anti-Semitism problem bigger than Ukraine’s

The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Lviv told participants of a Jewish learning conference that France has a bigger anti-Semitism problem than his country.

November 7, 2014 12:14 pm