Youth faces trial for alleged attack on rabbi in Orléans

A 15-year-old student was arrested on Monday 24 March for public provocation of discrimination on the grounds of religion, according to our information. The facts occurred at the end of the morning at Paul Éluard d'Evry College in Essonne. The teenager, born in Georgia, launched in class and in front of his teacher: "Free Palestine, I don't like Jews."In the face of these anti-Semitic remarks, the teacher warned the head of the school, who conta…

More than a thousand people marched in silence on Tuesday in Orléans in support of Arié Engelberg. He had been attacked in the street in front of his son on Saturday by a young man who will be tried at the end of April.

Around 1,300 people of various political and religious orientations gathered on Tuesday, 25 March, at the beginning of the evening in the Loiret prefecture, three days after the violent aggression suffered by Arié Engelberg.

Since the aggression of the rabbi of Orléans on 22 March, the city has been in shock. The city of Loiret displayed its unity during a white march Tuesday night. But local anti-fascist activists point out that anti-Semitism has been taking place in the city for several years.

The anti-Semitic aggression against the Rabbi d'Orleans highlights the persistence and gravity of anti-Semiticism in France since 2000 and an upsurge since 7 October 2023.

Youth faces trial for alleged attack on rabbi in Orléans

A 16-year-old youth who allegedly attacked a rabbi as he walked in the street with his nine-year-old son in Orléans, central France, will go on trial next month charged with a religious hate crime.