French Jewish leader backtracking on softened quenelle stance The president of France’s main Jewish group backtracked on what appeared to be a softened stance on the quenelle after it was interpreted as support for a French soccer player who performed the gesture during a match.
French Jewish leader softens stance on quenelle gesture The president of France’s main Jewish group has nuanced his blanket condemnation of the quenelle gesture and said it is not necessarily anti-Semitic.
344 years after his execution, French Jew cleared of blood libel Nearly 350 years after his wrongful execution, a French Jew who had been convicted of a blood libel was exonerated and declared a martyr.