The Jews of France: A Long History Of Anti-Semitism
The recent massacre of Jews in Toulouse has again the raised the specter of anti-Semitism in France.
While Jews have lived in France since Roman times, they have faced prejudice, discrimination and violence throughout their long residence in the country.
There are now about 600,000 Jews in France, making it the third-largest Jewish community in the world, after the United States and Israel.
However, in recent decades, with the huge influx of Arab Muslim immigrants to France, anti-Semitism now has a decidedly Islamic flavor.