Infuriated by the Sarah Halimi ruling, French Jews decry the state s handling of antisemitism
May 7, 2021
PARIS (JTA) - A rumble rose from the 20,000 Jewish protesters at Trocadero Square, then exploded into shrill screams. I don t even know whether to reassure you or cry out my fury, boomed Joel Mergui, president of the Consistoire, the organ of French Jewry responsible for providing Orthodox religious services. Yes, cry out your fury!
French Jewish events are usually dignified affairs that often end with the singing of the Marseillaise, the French national anthem. But the rally on Sunday protesting the fate of the man who murdered his Jewish neighbor Sarah Halimi in 2017 - the largest Jewish gathering in France in at least a decade - was a rare show of raw emotion from a community that has questioned its future in France in recent years.
The French have become used to anti-Semitism and murdered Jews. Fri May 7, 2021 Seventy-six years after the Holocaust, in a continent drenched with Jewish blood, Jews still continue to be victimized in Europe, particularly in France. In recent decades, France has been a dangerous place for Jews, and as a consequence, many French Jews have moved to Israel. The murders that shook French Jewry were the gruesome Halimi murders, and there has been no justice for the victims or true punishment for the perpetrators. The brutal murder of Dr. Sarah Halimi happened to be the second time a Jewish person named Halimi was viciously killed in Paris. The first was Ilan Halimi who was only 23 years old when he was kidnapped on January 21, 2006, by a gang called the “Barbarians,” comprised largely by Arab-Muslim immigrants. He was tortured and then died of his wounds. The French authorities in the case of Ilan Halimi, just like in Sarah’s case, did not attribute the m
Rally demanding justice for Sarah Halimi following the decision of the Court of Cassation
A rumble rose from the 20,000 Jewish protesters at the Place du Trocadero, then exploded into shrill screams.“I don’t even know whether to reassure you or cry out my fury,” boomed Joël Mergui, president of the Consistoire, the organ of French Jewry responsible for providing Orthodox religious services. “Yes, cry out your fury!”
French Jewish events are usually dignified affairs that often end with the singing of the
Marseillaise, the French national anthem. But the rally last Sunday protesting the fate of the man who, in 2017, murdered his Jewish neighbour, Sarah Halimi – the largest Jewish gathering in France in at least a decade – was a rare show of raw emotion from a community that has questioned its future in France in recent years.
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A rumble rose from the 20,000 Jewish protesters at Trocadero Square, then exploded into shrill screams.
“I don’t even know whether to reassure you or cry out my fury,” boomed Joel Mergui, president of the Consistoire, the organ of French Jewry responsible for providing Orthodox religious services. “Yes, cry out your fury!”
French Jewish events are usually dignified affairs that often end with the singing of “La Marseillaise,” the French national anthem. But the rally on Sunday protesting the fate of the man who murdered his Jewish neighbor Sarah Halimi in 2017 the largest Jewish gathering in France in at least a decade was a rare show of raw emotion from a community that has questioned its future in France in recent years.