French Jewish groups are demanding protests and action after reports that an elderly Jewish woman was murdered in an alleged anti-Semitic attack in Paris. Jewish leaders are calling for French politicians and citizens to reaffirm their commitment to fighting anti-Semitism after the killing of Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor, last Friday. “When anti-Semitic violence grows, democracy is at stake.” Knoll was reportedly stabbed 11 times during the attack inside her Paris apartment on Friday. Some Jewish leaders reflected on the tragic irony of Knoll’s death, which came decades after the woman fled the Holocaust. Francis Kalifat, head of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF), an umbrella group for French Jewish organizations, said Knoll was “absolutely massacred.” “This makes one feel something absolutely terrible,” Kalifat told The New York Times.

Source: Huffington Post March 27, 2018 23:03 UTC