Israel Matzav

Paris victims identified

The four victims of Friday's terror attack on a Paris Jewish grocery store have been identified. They are Yoav Hattab and Yohan Cohen (both pictured above), Philippe Braham and Francois-Michel Saada. May God Avenge their blood. Hattab is the son of the Chief Rabbi of Tunis.

Jews in France were advised by their government not to go to synagogue on Friday night! The Grand Synagogue in Paris (which I visited with Mrs. Carl back in 1998) was closed for the Sabbath for the first time since the Nazis overran France!

In the meantime, the Zionist group Betar is gearing up to protect French Jews. I have to wonder why they're not encouraging aliya instead. Reports in Israel on Friday indicated that the Jewish Agency received hundreds of calls from French Jews seeking to make aliya (immigrate) to Israel.

Labels: European Jews, France, Paris

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:25 PM