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Israel-Hamas war: For Europe’s Jews, a world of fear

Roger Cohen
New York Times·
7 mins to read
Israel-Hamas war: For Europe’s Jews, a world of fear
A woman looks at posters of kidnapped Israelis pasted by the Union of Jewish French Students in Paris on October 16, 2023. Photo / AP

Perhaps not since the Holocaust, which saw the annihilation of about two-thirds of Europe’s Jewish community, have the Jews of Europe lived in an atmosphere of fear so acute that it feels like a fundamental shift in the terms of their existence.

Across a Europe of daubed Stars of David

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