Anti-Semitic acts in France rose by 74 percent in 2018 A tree planted in a Paris suburb in memory of Ilan Halimi, a young man who in 2006 was kidnapped and tortured because a gang thought his Jewish family had a lot of money to pay ransom, was chopped down.
Plaque in memory of Ilan Halimi vandalized in suburban Paris park It is the second time that the memorial to the young Jewish man, who was kidnapped and tortured to death in 2006, has been vandalized.
A French Jew’s killing provides a test for the new Macron administration Watchdogs and activists say authorities are covering up the anti-Semitic motivation behind a brutal crime.