France's Chief Rabbi Sounds Alarm Against Anti-Semitism

As Jews leave France in record numbers, the country's chief rabbi is calling for tougher measures to fight extremism on the Internet, and for a public awakening to the rising anti-Semitism that has shaken Western Europe's largest Jewish community.   Grand Rabbi Haim Korsia acknowledged these are difficult times for French Jews, whose numbers are estimated at about half-a-million. Roughly 5,000 Jews have left the country this year for a mix of reasons, including rising...

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