#France

History | History

Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power

Napoleon’s Hundred Days refer to the second reign of the French Emperor Napoleon I. His attempt to regain power over France, however, ultimately led to his defeat and permanent exile.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Jewish woman stabbed in her home in Lyon, France; Swastika left on her door

Police found a swastika drawn on her door • Lyon Mayor Grégory Doucet condemnts "unspeakable" surge of violence.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Almost all Jewish French university students experience antisemitism

According to a new survey by a leading French pollster, more than 9 in 10 French Jews attending university have had an experience with antisemitism.

Travel | Travel

Le Touquet: The 'most British of French resorts'

It attracted Winston Churchill, inspired James Bond and is set to rename its airport after the late Queen Elizabeth II. But this decidedly British resort isn't actually British.

News | The UN

At UN Security Council meeting, DC, Moscow and Paris take aim at Israel

Washington’s ambassador to the United Nations repeated claims that yet-untried Israeli suspects involved in a deadly incident earlier this month were terrorists.

News | Antisemitism Watch

The riots in France have become antisemitic

After a Holocaust memorial was defaced why did few non-Jewish news outlets call it antisemitism?

Politics | Liberal Fascism

France Bans Short-Haul Flights to Force Travelers Onto Trains

For many years before the climate change cult started to embrace electric vehicles as the thing that would save all of us from certain climate doom, the alarmists were in love with “light rail.&...

Politics | Debunking Lies

A new low in Israel-bashing

The French Foreign Ministry and the United Nations refuse to acknowledge that Israel does not target civilians.

News | Fun With Islam

France: Half of the bestselling children’s books are about Islam

What will France be like in ten years? Twenty? Thirty? The answer is quite obvious. "Among the 8 bestselling 'children's books' from Amazon France, 4 books are on Islam," translated from "Dans les 8 meilleurs ventes “livres pour enfants” d’Amazon France,

News | Antisemitism Watch

Ungrateful France's 'national narrative' ignores the Jews

France has had Jews for over 2,000 years, and their contributions to the economy, politics, culture and science cannot be denied. But the journalist and blogger Veronique Chemla notes that Judaism and the Jews are virtually absent from the “national narra

Travel | Travel

27 Interesting Facts about the Eiffel Tower You Might Not Know

Without doubt, the Eiffel Tower is one of the most well recognised landmarks in the world - but how much do you know about it? Here are 27 Interesting Facts about the Eiffel Tower you might not know

News | Antisemitism Watch

US Antisemitism Envoy: France ‘Ground Zero’ for European Antisemitism

US Jewish academic and Holocaust expert Deborah Lipstadt addressing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Photo: Reuters/Sipa USA/Rod Lamkey France has …

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

Leftists Most Likely To See Judaism As 'Incompatible' with French Values

Those on the left are far more likely to believe that Judaism is not compatible with French values, while being the most positive about Islam.

News | News

Muslim man pushes 90-year-old Jewish neighbor to his death in France

  French authorities on Sunday arrested a Muslim resident of Lyon suspected of pushing his 90-year-old Jewish neighbor to his

Travel | Travel

10 Epic Things To Do In One Night In Paris

There are few things as exciting as one night in Paris, and this is how you can make it the most epic night ever.

News | News

PODCAST INTERVIEW: From Hopelessness to Hope and Beyond | Underground USA | United States

Free speech, and those who defend it, are under attack in both the United States and the West; the free world. From Britain to Australia, the US to Argentina, the globalized Fascist Left is aggressively taking aim at both free speech and the free markets.

Politics | Leftists Are Insane

‘I Thought We Canceled Pepe Lepew’: Harris Mocked After Putting On ‘French Accent’ In Paris

Speaking to scientists in Paris at a laboratory dealing with COVID-19 , Vice President Kamala Harris adopted what appeared to be a French accent, triggering widespread mockery across social media.

Politics | Liberal Fascism

PAPERS PLEASE: Armed police officers begin enforcing vaccine passport rules in Paris

This is what "defund the police" Dems want for America?

News | News

US, France Sign Special Forces Pact as US Troops Leave Afghanistan

The heads of the United States and French militaries signed a new “roadmap” for cooperation involving both nation’s special operations...

News | News

France Bans Woke Language in Schools: ‘A Danger to Our Country’

As the United States steamrolls toward Marxism, the French government is taking a stand against the influence of woke-ism banning schools...

News | News

For many French Jews, Halimi murder a 'watershed moment' of distrust in France

20,000-strong Paris protest a rare show of raw emotion from local Jewish community over government's response to antisemitism

Miscellaneous | Other Stuff

The delirium of Jew-hatred - Melanie Phillips

A French court's perverse ruling has significance well beyond this one scandalous case

News | News

Israel blasts French ruling keeping Sarah Halimi's killer from trial

Calling the murder 'despicable', Foreign Ministry says court judgment fails to convey attitude of zero tolerance toward anti-Semitism

Politics | Politics

France Now Considers America’s Woke Leftism, Cancel Culture A Global Threat

French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters that the chief threat to national cohesiveness around the world is the extreme woke

Politics | Politics

'Out-of-control woke leftism and cancel culture' in US is a threat to FRANCE, French politicians say

French politicians, intellectuals, and academics are arguing against the influence of America's 'out-of-control leftism and cancel culture', branding it an attack on French identity.

News | Antisemitism Watch

‘I Don’t Deliver to Jews:’ French Fast Food Delivery Company Faces Legal Action for Driver’s Antisemitic Declaration

A cyclist from online delivery company Deliveroo is seen in Paris during the March 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. Photo: Reuters/Hans Lucas …

Politics | Politics

French Cops Arrest Perpetrators of Violent Assault on Jewish Family Singing Hanukkah Songs in Their Car

A French police vehicle . Photo: Wikimedia Commons. French police arrested four individuals on Friday in connection with an “incredibly …

Politics | Politics

Blaming the victim: Theo van Gogh, Charlie Hebdo, and the end of Free Speech

While Muslim extremists slice the throats of those at prayer, the NYT and others accuse the French of failing Muslim immigrants. Op-ed.

News | News

3 dead in terrorist attack in French church, woman beheaded

  An attacker with a knife killed three people, including a woman who was decapitated, at a church in the

News | News

Paris Under Curfew: Europe Reacts As Countries See Highest-Ever Coronavirus Numbers : NPR

President Emmanuel Macron announced nightly curfews for Paris and other cities Wednesday, part of a wave of new coronavirus restrictions in Europe.

History | History

It’s Time to Recognize the Contribution of the Jewish Resistance to the Rescue of the Jews of France

Léon Blum, the Jewish socialist politician who served as Prime Minister of France, led the efforts of the “Vichy 80” …

News | Antisemitism Watch

French Jewish Man Verbally Abused, Badly Beaten Up in Paris Elevator in Antisemitic Assault

Demonstrators hold up a banner reading, ‘Stop racism,’ in Marseille, France, March 28, 2018 (Illustrative). Photo: Reuters / Jean-Paul Pelissier …

News | News

Elder Of Ziyon - France assures Hezbollah, don’t worry, we got your back

After the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri and 21 others in 2005, the UN set up a special tribunal to investigate the attack and to try the suspects behind it in absentia. The four people on trial are members of Hezbollah and the verdict is expected this week.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Anti-racism protesters in Paris yell 'dirty Jews' at counter-protesters

Anti-racism protesters amassing in Paris's Place de la République carried banners accusing Israel of massacring Palestinians, and shouted 'dirty Jews' at their opponents.

Politics | Politics

France Discovers Coronavirus From China Hit Their Country Much Sooner Than Realized

A hospital in France that retested old samples from pneumonia patients found that it got its first confirmed case of the coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China, back in late December — nearly a month earlier than previously expected. “Yves Co

News | Antisemitism Watch

Antisemitism Means French Jews 'Do Not Lead the Same Life' as Others, Says Top Expert, as Detailed Survey of Jew-Hatred

Demonstrators rally against antisemitism in the French capital of Paris in March 2018. Photo: Reuters / Gonzalo Fuentes. One of …

Politics | Politics

Sarah Halimi: Getting Away With Murder in the Land of Dieudonné

Sarah Halimi's murderer was deemed too high on pot to stand trial. It's not the first time France protected a Muslim after killing Jews.

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

‘You Will Not Erase Our Memory or Our Identity,’ French Rabbi Declares Following Antisemitic Cemetery Desecration

107 graves in the Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen, France, were desecrated in an act of antisemitic vandalism. Photo: Reuters. A …

Politics | Opinion

Want to Keep Jews Safe? Criminalize Marijuana – Tablet Magazine

Sarah Halimi’s case marks a new milestone for the already embattled French Jewish community. After a drawn out court case, on Wednesday, Nov. 27, a Paris judge dropped the murder charges against Halimi’s killer, Kobili Traoré, 29, on the grounds that smok

Miscellaneous | Diaspora

French Jews Vow to Appeal Paris Court's Ruling That Antisemitic Murderer of Sarah Halimi Is 'Unfit' For Criminal Trial

Murdered French Jewish pensioner Sarah Halimi. Photo: Halimi family. Lawyers acting for the family of a French Jewish widow murdered …

Science & Technology | Tech

Check out this flying jet board from France's Bastille Day parade

Bastille Day 2019 featured one of the more strange military demonstrations in recent memory: a flying jet board.

News | News

UNPACKED - Watch: What Was The Dreyfus Affair?

UNPACKED – Watch: What Was The Dreyfus Affair? This week, we’re examining the “Dreyfus Affair,” an espionage trial that took place in France in the 1890s. The trial, which saw a top-ranking soldier, Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of passing militar

Politics | Antisemitism

"Jews to the Ovens" in the Center of Paris

Parisians and tourists were greeted in the center of town with defaced sidewalk with graffiti reading "Jews to the ovens."

Travel | Travel

Get paid $10k to drink rosé in France on a free holiday

Wine brand, Rosé All Day, is running a competition offering its newest influencer $10,000 and a free trip to the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Jewish Couple in Paris Assaulted and Robbed at Home by Gang of Intruders | Jewish & Israel News

The deprived Paris suburb of Aubervillier is one of several neighborhoods where antisemitism has pushed Jewish residents out. Photo: Wikipedia. …

News | The News

FDNY Spirit Run honors firefighters who battled Notre Dame fire

New York probationary firefighters carried both American and French flags Wednesday during their final Spirit Run before their graduation in tribute to the firefighters who battled the horrible fire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Leading African Historian Urges President Macron to ‘Save France’ From Revival of ‘Colonial and Antisemitic’ Past

Malian intellectual Ismaël Diadié Haïdara. Photo: Screenshot. One of Africa’s leading historians has urged President Emmanuel Macron to “save France …

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

French artist restores portraits of Holocaust survivors vandalized with swastikas

Amid a surge of anti-Semitic incidents in France, a portrait of famed Holocaust survivor Simone Veil was covered with swastikas

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

French Jewish Leaders Decry 'Wall of Indifference' Surrounding Antisemitism, as Recorded Attacks Leap by 74% | Jewish &a

One of the antisemitic slogans appearing with increasing frequency in pubic spaces in France. Photo: Screenshot. The representative body of …

News | Antisemitism Watch

French-Jewish Intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy Warns: Open Antisemitism Is ‘Back, Everywhere’

Philosopher and public intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy (far right) was among those leading the march in Paris following the antisemitic murder of Holocaust …

Politics | Politics

‘The gilets jaunes are unstoppable’ - spiked

Christophe Guilluy on the cultural divide driving the yellow vests.

News | Israel/Jewish Community

Jewish Groups Welcome Paris Restaurant’s Suspension of Staff Photographed Making Antisemitic ‘Quenelle’ Salute

Jewish groups are welcoming the move by a famous Paris restaurant to suspend staff members who were recently photographed making...

Politics | Politics

France fuel protests: Here's what's happening and why it matters

Violent protest in Paris has left analysts contemplating what this could mean for embattled President Emmanuel Macron, amid a resurgence in populist politics ahead of European elections next year.

News | News

Antisemitism in France Has Moved ‘From Streets Into Homes,’ Says Head of French Jewish Community

Antisemitism in France has moved “from the streets directly into the homes of Jewish people,” the head of the country’s...

News | The News

'They spit when I walked in the street': The 'New Anti-Semitism' in France :: WRAL.com

PARIS -- The solemn boulevards and quiet side streets of the 17th Arrondissement in Paris suggest Jewish life in France is vibrant: There is a new profusion of kosher groceries and restaurants, and about 15 synagogues, up from only a handful two decades a

News | News

France fails to acknowledge Israel's part in White Helmets' rescue

In the official statement of the French Foreign Ministry the word 'Israel' is not mentioned.

News | Fun With Islam

France Gives Muslim Killer of Elderly Jewish Woman a Pass | Frontpage Mag

Every other Muslim terrorist or killer in Europe has his actions blamed on mental illness or drug use. This just continues the pattern.

Music | Music

The 10 Best French Yé-Yé Pop Albums To Own On Vinyl — Vinyl Me, Please

This bundle of albums cover a majority of essential music to come out of France, both old and new that any novice listener should hear and ultimately own.

News | Israel/Jewish Community

French Jewish family told to remove mezuzah outside apartment

'We remind you no personal object may be presented in public areas, request you move mezuzah inside; Thank you for your understanding.'

News | News

French shop manager pulls Israeli dates from Ramadan stall over Muslim’s protest

Video shows employee at supermarket chain acquiesce to customer's demand to remove products which 'are an insult to Muslims'

Travel | Travel

Twenty Years Ago, I Ran Away to Paris. This Is What It Was Like to Return. | Travel Leisure

A writer revisits the city she first discovered at 19, and finds it still rich with memories of her younger self.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

The brutal killing of a Holocaust survivor raises anti-Semitism fears in France

French authorities are investigating whether the victim was targeted because of her religion.

Politics | From CNN

Steve Bannon: 'Let them call you racists' - CNNPolitics

President Donald Trump's estranged adviser Steve Bannon told a far-right gathering in France on Saturday that they should handle accusations of racism with pride.

Politics | BDS

Pro-Israel organizations enter the lion’s den

In many ways, Europe is hostile territory for Israel advocates. But that is not deterring several Jewish groups who are fighting for justice on behalf of the Jewish state.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Franco-German TV network drops film on antisemitism because it is ‘pro-Israel’ - BDS THREAT - Jerusalem Post

Television network ARTE is facing some serious backlash after deciding to drop a film it commissioned about

News | News

France's Jews Flee As Rioters Burn Paris Shops, Attack Synagogue

France’s politicians and community leaders have criticised the “intolerable” violence against Paris’ Jewish community, after a pro-Palestinian rally led to the vandalizing and looting of Jewish businesses and the burning of cars.

News | News

Paris rejected Israeli software which could have stopped attack

Report claims anti-Israel boycott movement stopped France buying technology which could have prevented massacre.

News | The News

Terrorist in Nice Truck Attack Was City Resident of Tunisian Origin

The driver of the truck that killed at least 80 people in Nice on Thursday evening was a 31-year-old resident born in Tunisia, according to French newspaper Nice Matin.

News | The News

Nice 'terrorist attack': truck hits Bastille Day crowd killing 77 people – live updates | World news | The Guardian

Police say a vehicle which struck crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of Nice contained ‘arms, loaded with grenades’

Sports | Mixed Bag

Portugal beats France in Euro 2016 final to win first major title - Yahoo Sports

From Yahoo Sports: A mostly Ronaldo-less Portugal, a team that won just one of its seven games in France during regulation, won the European Championship with a 1-0 extra-time win over the hosts on Sunday, thanks to a late, long strike from Eder. In spite

News | Fun With Islam

Marseille synagogue to be converted into mosque

A synagogue in Marseille is to be converted into a mosque, reflecting demographic shifts in the southern French city, a Jewish leader has told AFP. A Muslim cultural association, Al Badr, is to purchase the Or Thora synagogue, which is used less and less

History | History

Hemingway’s Paris, Seen Through the Eyes of His Last Assistant

Valerie Hemingway, who later married the novelist’s son, gives an intimate tour of the cafes and other Lost Generation haunts immortalized in A Moveable Feast.​

Politics | Op-Ed

Krauthammer: Obama’s phony war

The president is more interested in fighting Republicans than the Islamic State.

News | The News

France PM says Paris attacks ringleader used migrant crisis to get into country

France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Friday some of the Paris attackers, including the mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud, exploited the Syrian refugee crisis to slip into the country unnoticed.

News | The News

'Anonymous' Hackers Declare War on ISIS in Video Message - NBC News

Hacker group Anonymous have apparently responded to the attacks on Paris by posting a video declaration of war against the terrorist group

News | News

French attack: Country faces fresh horror over decapitation and factory explosions - Telegraph

The facts so far of Islamist terror attack on liquid gas chemical in southeastern France as raids continue on potential accomplices of prime suspect Yassin Salhi

News | News

Louvre investigated for turning away Israeli students

After Tel Aviv U. prof. is told there is no room for his group, he pretends to represent European and Gulf schools — and is approved

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

A Glimpse Into A School Lunchroom In France

My eyes have been opened, and I am amazed by what the French public school system does daily at noon. It's no wonder French kids can be seen in very nice restaurants on their best behavior, eating whatever is given to them....

News | News

Dreyfus Affair revisited? French premier’s Jewish wife prompts accusations of dual loyalty - Diaspora - Jerusalem Post

Prime Minister Manuel Valls excoriated the former minister from his party, Roland Dumas, for suggesting that Valls was under Jewish “influence” because his wife is Jewish.

News | NEWS

Chelsea fans prevent black man boarding Paris metro train - video | Football | The Guardian

Amateur footage shows Chelsea fans preventing a black man from boarding a Paris metro train, and then chanting: 'We're racist, we're racist and that's the way we like it'

News | News

Israeli captures 10 hours of harassment in Paris

An Israeli journalist who for hours walked around Paris while wearing a kippa to test attitudes to Jews documented multiple threats and insults hurled in his direction.

Politics | Opinion

Have Jews ever been safe in France? | Warren Adler | The Blogs | The Times of Israel

There is a jewel of a museum in the Marais district of Paris. It is the Musée d'Art et......

Politics | Liberal "Tolerance"

French court convicts three over homophobic tweets, in case hailed as a 'significant victory' by LGBT rights campaigners

A French court has handed out convictions for anti-gay hate crimes on Twitter for the first time, after three people used the hashtag “let’s burn the gays”.

Politics | Opinion

The dilemma of France's liberal Jews - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews

Opinion: Analysis: Paris terror attacks worsen the situation of secular French Jews, many of whom still believe in the Republic's universal values and feel that France, rather than Israel, is their national home.

News | News

PMO confirms France opposed Netanyahu's attendance at Paris rally | The Times of Israel

Hollande called to personally invite PM after intention to join march became clear, according to report

News | News

France to deploy 5,000 police to protect Jewish schools | The Times of Israel

In address to parents of Jewish students, interior minister says soldiers will also be posted as reinforcements

Politics | Opinion

Do Jews Have a Future in France? - The Daily Beast

There is no future for Jews in France as long as Europeans refuse to confront the tacit acceptance of violence by many of the continent’s Muslims.

News | News

Netanyahu to French Jews: 'Israel is your home' | The Times of Israel

PM says jihadists at war with West, encourages Jewish immigration; Liberman, Ya'alon and Lapid also urge Europe's Jews to come

News | Antisemitism Watch

France’s Multiculturalist Agenda Makes Jews Pack Their Bags

As more French Jews face anti-Semitic attacks, many are leaving for Israel. Most of the attacks have come from Muslims, whether immigrants or French-born, many of whom have not assimilated into French

News | Fun With Islam

French Islamist mini-states grow into problem beyond government control

A backdrop to the massacre in Paris on Wednesday by self-professed al Qaeda terrorists is that city officials have increasingly ceded control of heavily Muslim neighborhoods to Islamists, block by block.

News | News

Paris Charlie Hebdo Attack: Spontaneous rallies of defiance sweep France - Telegraph

Tens of thousands of people join 150 rallies across France to support freedom of expression following the terrorist attack on the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine

News | In The News

Video: Shouts of 'Allahu Akbar' at French Magazine Shooting | The Weekly Standard

Read conservative news, blogs and opinion about Charlie Hebdo, Islamist, Shooting and Terror from The Weekly Standard, the must read magazine available in online edition.

Politics | Opinion

A stinging defeat for Abbas, but no great victory for Israel | The Times of Israel

Netanyahu persuaded Nigeria to abstain as UN Security Council rejected Palestinian statehood, but could only muster US and Australian opposition, and the French let Israel down

News | Fun With Islam

Driver attacks pedestrians in French city, shouting 'God is great' in Arabic

A driver deliberately slammed his car into crowds around the city of Dijon in eastern France on Sunday.

News | News

France: 8-Year-Old Jewish Girl Harassed, Taunted by Muslim Classmates; Interior Minister Says Fight Against Antisemitism

A young Jewish girl in France was harassed and verbally abused by two Muslim schoolmates late last week, France’s RTL radio reported on Saturday. The incident took place at the Joseph Sibuet elementary school in Mions near Lyons, and the traumatized chi

Politics | Woke Insanity

EU court orders France to pay thousands to Somali pirates

The EU's top human rights court on Thursday ordered France to pay thousands of euros to Somali pirates who attacked French ships for "violating their rights" by holding them an additional 48 hours before taking them before a judge

News | Antisemitism Watch

Paris Jewish Community in Shock Over Rape, Home Invasion 'Because You Are Jews' | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.co

Three unknown assailants invaded the home of a Jewish couple in the Paris suburb of Créteil on Monday, raped the 19-year-old woman, and robbed the home, saying it was “because you are Jewish,” local French media reported on Tuesday. “The Jewish co

News | Antisemitism Watch

Chief rabbi says French society has turned indifferent to anti-Semitism | Reuters

PARIS, (Reuters)- France's government has reacted strongly to a rising tide of anti-Semitic acts this year but French society seems indifferent to the threat they present, the country's newly elected chief

News | The News

ISIS terror on the French Riviera:
Jihadist veterans on European soil

ISIS terror on the French Riviera: Ibrahim Boudina, a French national from Algeria, was arrested earlier this year on the French Riviera.

Miscellaneous | Other Stuff

10 Weirdest Facts About Captain America - Listverse

Due to the recent spate of blockbuster films featuring the superhero, it seems like the entire world knows about Captain America. However, comic veterans know there are a lot of strange stories about...

Politics | Politics

One in six French people say they support ISIS - Vox

ISIS appears to be more popular in France than in Gaza, based on recent polling.

Politics | Woke Insanity

Islamic State: One in Six French People Say They Support Isis Caliphate

New poll reveals 16% of French public are somewhat or very favourable to terror group.

News | News

Anti-Semitic attacks rise in France as Gaza conflict stirs tensions - FT.com

When Jewish and Pro-Palestinian youths clashed last month outside a Parisian synagogue on the fringe of an otherwise peaceful demonstration against Israel’s invasion of Gaza, things soon turned nasty. The next day, several hundred pro-Palestinian

News | Antisemitism Watch

French FM: France's Jews are living in fear

France has both the largest Jewish and Muslim populations in Europe and flare-ups in the Middle East often add to tensions between the communities.

News | In The News

Louvre, Eiffel Tower targeted by Islamic terrorist, reports Le Parisien

The Musée du Louvre , the Eiffel Tower and at least one other popular cultural destination in France were the targets of an Islamic terrorist who was arrested in June 2013 before carrying out the attacks, according to reports this week in the daily

Politics | Woke Insanity

France breaks promise to fly vets over for D-Day anniversary

Seven decades after ­Allied troops stormed Normandy’s beaches and saved France from the Nazis, the surrender-happy nation is turning its back on hundreds of US veterans who want to return next mont...

Science & Technology | TECH

Atari U.S. files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The iconic video game company Atari U.S. has filed for bankruptcy. The move is aimed at breaking the American branch away from its unprofitable French parent.

News | Israel

Jewish Scene: Frank Louie, a senior firefighting officer in Paris, had everything he needed. And yet, upon retiring, he decided to immigrate to Israel and volunteer at Eilat Fire Department. 'This is the place for Jews,' he says