[IsraelTimes] After ceremony, dozens huddle around Lassana Bathily, thanking the 27-year-old who hid a dozen people from the jihadist who killed four at a kosher store in 2015
| “I am here to support French Jews, sure, but I’m also here to support myself and other Frenchmen,” said Ndigal, a devout Christian of African descent. “We know by now that what begins with the Jews never ends with them. We are also in the crosshairs.” |
French Jews mourning a Holocaust survivor murdered in her Gay Paree apartment welcomed the presence of La Belle France’s interior minister, Gérard Collomb, at a vigil in her memory.
"We appreciate authorities’ swift action for justice and continued support," Joel Mergui, the president of the Consistoire Jewish group, said Wednesday during a vigil at the Tournelles Synagogue in Gay Paree in memory of Mireille Knoll. |