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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: WaveSeeker who wrote (10865)2/20/2003 11:51:02 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 25898
 
Re: No, what's apparent is that Europe, especially the French, hate the Jewish people....

...Jews have contributed to all aspects of French culture and society and have excelled in finance, medicine, theater and literature. Currently, France hosts Europe's largest Jewish community and Paris is said to have more kosher restaurants than even New York City.

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Post-Holocaust Era

France became a haven for postwar refugees and within 25 years its Jewish population tripled. In 1945, 180,000 Jews were living in France, and, by 1951, the population reached 250,000. An influx of North African Jews immigrated to France in the 1950's due to the decline of the French empire. Subsequent waves of immigration followed the Six-Day War, when another 16,000 Moroccan and Tunisian Jews settled in France. Hence, by 1968, Sephardic Jews were the majority in France. These new immigrants were already culturally French and needed little time to adjust to French society.

Today more than 600,000 Jews live in France, 375,000 live in Paris. There are 230 Jewish communities, including Paris, Marseilles (70,000), Lyons (25,000), Toulouse, Nice and Strasbourg.
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Oh, btw, Le Monde's editorial watchdog is a Jew: Mr Alain Minc...