French Ambassador to Israel Christophe Bigot says that French Jews should not be afraid in their home country, pointing to a recent study that found a 16.5 percent decline in anti-Semitism in the European nation in 2011. “I think it has always been safe for the Jewish community in France,” Bigot said. “We were very upset when some Israelis were promoting aliya [from France] for security reasons; we thought this was unfair and completely inaccurate. We respect aliya, but we think it should be …More

As a sign of his continuing recovery, Gilad Shalit attended a Euroleague tournament basketball game. [Israel Hayom] Watch Steven Colbert interview “Where the Wild Things Are” Maurice Sendak. [The Jewish Daily Forward] Elisha Porat cured his ongoing shell shock by studying Hebrew texts in Jerusalem with Professor David Hartman. [Haaretz] Israel Hayom interviews Christophe Bigot, the French ambassador to Israel, about the EU’s decision to impose an embargo on Iranian oil. [Israel Hayom] The …More