Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Jewish Man Beaten in Broad Daylight Near Paris Synagogue
A 65-year-old Jewish man was beaten by three assailants on his way to a synagogue in Livry-Gargan on Saturday, August 9.
A car pulled up in front of the victim and two passengers got out, pretending to ask for directions. The man was then beaten and knocked to the ground, causing eye and facial injuries, while his Star of David and his chai (symbol of life) necklace was torn off.
The Livry-Gargan area in the Seine-Saint-Denis suburb has seen previous antisemitic attacks, including a targeted burglary. This mid-morning assault occurred close to the victim's home.
It fits in with a wider pattern of growing antisemitic violence across France, prompting Hen Mazzig, author of The Wrong Kind of Jew and Senior Fellow at The Tel Aviv Institute, to ask
How many violent attacks must be reported before the world finally takes antisemitism seriously? … It breaks my heart to say this, but in today's France, wearing a kippa in public is no longer safe.
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