Francis Kalifat, the new leader of France’s Jewish community, has said that rising antisemitism means the country’s Jews are facing their “most difficult situation” for over 70 years.
Mr Kalifat pledged that his priority as the newly elected president of Crif, the community's main representative group, was to combat increasing Jew-hatred.
Speaking yesterday after his unanimous election, the 64-year-old described the fight against antisemitism as “our main cause”.
He added: “French Jews are in the most difficult situation they have experience since World War II.
