French Anti-Semitism worst since WWII

[MikeWB]

Francis Kalifat, 64, said Sunday that his first priority as president of CRIF is to fight against the anti-Semitism that he said was responsible for the situation he described.
French Jews are experiencing the most difficult situation they have encountered since the end of World War II, the newly-elected president of France's umbrella of Jewish communities said.

Francis Kalifat, 64, said Sunday that his first priority as president of CRIF is to fight against the anti-Semitism that he said was responsible for the situation he described.


"The fight against anti-Semitism is our main cause because French Jews are in the most difficult situation they have experience since World War II," Kalifat said during an interview with Radio J shortly after his unanimous election to succeed Roger Cukierman as president.


Kalifat, who was born in Algeria and is the first Sephardic Jew to hold the position since CRIF's establishment in 1944, was the only candidate running this election.


His presidency, which will become effective next month, comes at a time of record emigration by Jews from France, partly because of anti-Semitic violence that included hundreds of anti-Semitic incidents annually in recent years, and dozens of physical assaults. Since 2012, attacks on Jewish targets by French Islamists in France and Belgium claimed the lives of 12 people. Last year, roughly 8,000 French Jews left for Israel — the highest number on record for any year, which made France for the second year straight Israel's largest provider of newcomers.


"I think all of our force needs to be united to fight against this anti-Semitism in all its forms, because we see this new anti-Semitism advancing under the guise of anti-Zionism," added Kalifat, a businessman and longtime activist for Zionist and Jewish causes who is CRIF's 11th president.


Fulfilling a role similar to Britain's Board of Deputies of British Jews, CRIF is widely considered to be the main representative political body of French Jews, hosting French presidents and prime minister at events and gala dinners several times a year. The CRIF presidential election takes place every three years.


France's Jewish community in predominantly Sephardic, with Ashkenazi Jews estimated to constitute a minority of 30 percent of the community. Hundreds of thousands of Jews later immigrated to France from North Africa, replenishing the community's ranks. Yet CRIF has had a succession of Ashkenazi presidents, in what some critics said reflected a disconnect between the organization's constituents and its leadership.


Following his election by the CRIF executive council, Kalifat delivered a speech that he began by recalling his parents.


"My mother, a real Jewish mother, was always understanding, warm and tolerant," he said. "My father was a police official who loyally served our country and taught me humbleness, patience and respect for others but above all — a sense of duty."

http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/French-Jews-situation-worst-since-1945-455353

[rmstock]

When Governments, NGO's, Institutions, Foundations etc. place people in
power who have dual nationality , who, in the case of Jews, tend to
have additional Israeli Nationality, these organizations are bound for
trouble. The people in charge then tend to overreact to certain issues,
even when logic proscribes realistic and sane solutions. Besides Israel
also Morocco seems to have acquired a similar privileged position -
Dual Nationality - inside EU Member Nations for fellow country men and
women in positions of power. The most made charge, in case of Dual
Nationality Jews, is that of Anti-Shemitism and in case of
Dual-Nationality Moroccans made charge is mostly Xenophobia. This trend
can clearly be identified as the new 21st Century form of Imperialism
and Colonialism , where new areas of enterprise are human trafficking
and sex slave trade.  Although not properly reported inside the main
stream press, the public certainly has a correct perception of what is
happening. The prospect of starting a family with children has turned
into a Loony bin dream project for idiots, most certainly now reputed
Universities recently installed LGBT sewers posing as public toilets.
Many families loose their children to government foster care. Summing
all these problems up creates a very dark image of the EU country's
leaders and is most certainly magnified when the EU country leaders
indeed are of dual Nationality, either Jewish or Islamic. People who
have real talent and university eduction are bound to leave the EU
before being forced to sign Labor contracts which turn out to have
embedded Sharia and/or Talmudic legislation inside.

[Ognir]

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[yankeedoodle]

Reports about the plight of the jews in France are constant, it seems.  Here's one that just popped up on RT.



More Jews fleeing France over skyrocketing anti-Semitism, locals & researchers say
https://www.rt.com/news/344957-jews-france-anti-semitism/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome