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	Francois Hollande vows security for Jews in homage with Benjamin Netanyahu 'Safeguarding the safety of Jews, their integrity and their dignity is a national cause ... It is not only the affair of Jews but of all French people,' the French President said at a ceremony in the Ohr Torah school in Toulouse.

French police admit botched investigation of Toulouse gunman

Damning report showed up several loopholes in the investigation of Al-Qaeda inspired gunman Mohamed Merah.

France: Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia at a high in the first half of 2012

Anti-Semitic acts reached an all-time high following the Toulouse shootings.

In Paris, Jewish and Muslim leaders discussed issues of mutual concern

'When an attack is launched against the right to practice religion in Europe, we should all stand up against it.'

More France:

	Britain wants the EU to blacklist Hezbollah’s military wing
	Israeli government report : IDF fire did not kill or injure Muhammad Al-Durrah or his father Jamal
	French Ex-President Sarkozy to visit Israel
	Israel's President Peres thanks his Cypriot counterpart for arrest of Hezbollah operatives as the EU prepares to discuss blacklisting the Lebanese group
	Jews attend annual pilgrimage at Ghriba synagogue on Tunisian island of Djerba
	Iranian man screaming ‘Allahu Akbar' stabs rabbi and son in Paris synagogue
	Israeli Eurovision contestant banned from wearing Galliano designed costume due to ‘rampant anti-Semitism in Europe’

Ilan Halimi's murder
	Ilan Halimi’s murder dominates annual CRIF dinner meeting
	French authorities : anti-Semitism may have played a role in Halimi’s murder
	Anti-Semitism blamed for Paris murder
	1,000 Parisian Jews demand justice for Ilan Halimi
	Dispute around motivation for murder in Paris
	Young Jewish man kidnapped and murdered by gang near Paris
	Poll shows French believe in anti-Semitism rise
	French politician: anti-Semitism on the rise in France

Call for cameras at every mosque in France after new attack Latest incident reflects growing trend, says France's Islamophobia Observatory.		French envoy on Iranian threat: ‘anti-Semitism is not an opinion, but an abjection’ 'France will not be a passive witness' to attempts to delegitimize Israel, said Christophe Bigot.

Daily quote

''Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.The important thing is not to stop questioning."

Albert Einstein

Day in history

1943: First Jewish parachutist
Sent by the British, Peretz Rosenberg jumped behind German lines into Yugoslavia.

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Students talk Jewish in Croatian Summer University

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be awarded the "Prize of European Jewry-Lord Jakobovitz Prize" at a ceremony at the Great Synagogue of Europe in Brussels on May 22. She will be in the Belgian capital for an EU summit meeting.