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Empire State Building, other int'l landmarks light up orange in honor of Bibas family

Last week, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced that 14 landmarks throughout the state would be lit orange in their honor.

 The Empire State Building will shine with orange light following the Bibas family funeral.
 The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

Drunk American tourists break into Eiffel Tower, get stuck and fall asleep

 Mabrouk is located near Le Marais, the historically Jewish district of Paris.

In Paris, Jewish childhood friends open restaurant serving Tunisian couscous

Firemen work at the site of an explosion in a bakery shop in the 9th District in Paris, France, January 12, 2019

Paris gas explosion leaves 2 dead and nearly 50 injured


Holocaust memorial for children dedicated in Paris

“Though antisemitism is taking on new forms these days, we must combat it relentlessly.”

A MONUMENT, dedicated to the memory of Jewish children deported from France between 1942 and 1944, is inaugurated on Thursday in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris

Six French soldiers injured in 'deliberate act' outside Paris

"It's a disgusting act of aggression," the mayor of Levallois-Perret said.

Police work near the scene where French soliders were hit and injured by a vehicle in the western Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret, France

Netanyahu to Macron: 'Your struggle is our struggle' against extremism

Netanyahu and Macron spoke during a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Vel d'Hiv roundup of French Jews during WWII.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, July 16, 2017

Did the Weizmann Institute team up with Paris Hilton?

Bizarre April Fool's video joke turns out to really be an ad campaign for SodaStream.

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Freemasons boss assaulted in suspected antisemitic incident in Paris

The Freemasons are members of societies, or lodges, who engage in secret rituals that promoters of the movement say “instill in its members a moral and ethical approach to life.”

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'Known radical Muslim' dead after seizing soldier's gun at Paris airport

Around 3,000 passengers were evacuated from the airport, the second busiest in the country.

Passengers evacuated from Orly airport southern terminal after a shooting incident near Paris, France

Paris municipality passes anti-BDS resolutions

One of the resolutions said the City of Paris “opposes publicly all attempts to isolate Israel from the collective of nations.”

The Eiffel Tower is seen at sunset in Paris

Prosecutor: Suspected mastermind of Paris attacks Abaaoud died in police raid

"Abdel Hamid Abaaoud has just been formally identified, after comparing fingerprints, as having been killed during the (police) raid," the statement said.

Members of French special police forces of the Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) are seen near a raid zone in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, November 18, 2015

‘Bataclan theater may have been targeted for its Jewish ties’

Was this concert of the US-band chosen by chance? A lot of people do not think so.

A woman sits by a poster which reads "Solidarity with Paris" in Nice, France, November 15, 2015, after a series of deadly shootings in Paris on Friday.

Stunned for a day, Parisians return to square in show of solidarity

"Yesterday we were in shock and paralyzed, today we jolted back into motion."

People hold hands to form a human solidarity chain at Place de la Republique near the site of the attack at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, November 15, 2015.

Day after attacks, French Muslims fear backlash: 'Better to be mistaken for a Jew'

"The way people look at us will change again, and not for the better ... Sometimes it's preferable to be mistaken for a Jew and not a Muslim because then there are fewer problems."

A woman sits by a poster which reads "Solidarity with Paris" in Nice, France, November 15, 2015, after a series of deadly shootings in Paris on Friday.