Feb. 12, 2019
Anti-Semitic Acts Hit France amid Anti-Government Protests – Samuel Petrequin (AP-Washington Post)
Portraits of a Holocaust survivor tagged with swastikas. A memorial in honor of a Jewish man vandalized. A bagel shop with the German word “Juden” sprayed on its front window.
These are just a few of the hundreds of anti-Semitic acts that have been committed in France in recent months.
According to French authorities, the number of anti-Semitic acts rose to 541 in 2018 from 311 in 2017, a rise of 78%.