Dreyfus trial

France in flames: As Paris lectures Israel, riots leave its Jews fearing for their safety - opinion

Macron’s France faces a reckoning as violent unrest and antisemitism expose the gap between its lofty ideals and its domestic reality.

Demonstrators sit on the roadway in front of officers of the French CRS riot police during a protest organised by student collectives and trade unions in Paris, France, October 22, 2026
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators carry a banner during a protest against the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship in the port of Piraeus near Athens, Greece, June 12, 2025.

Rabbis must lean into Zionism from the pulpit this holiday season - opinion

A memorial ceremony at the Nova festival marking two years since the October 7 massacre when Hamas terrorists infiltrated southern Israel, murdering more than 1200 people. October 07, 2025.

How the international response to October 7 makes the case for Zionism - opinion

 France's President Emmanuel Macron and Charles Dreyfus grandson of Alfred Dreyfus pay tribute in front of the 3.5-meter (12ft) bronze statue made in 1985 by French artist Louis Mitelberg aka Tim.

'Demons of antisemitism' still in France: Macron honors Alfred Dreyfus, new statue installed


This week in Jewish history: The Dreyfus Affair and birth of Zionism

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

Alfred Dreyfus

ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu violate Rome Statute - opinion

Israel should appeal and insist the ICC drop the arrest warrants, to reinforce the fact that the Israeli legal system is functioning, not collapsing.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a state memorial ceremony for victims of terror, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, May 13, 2024.

Have the lessons of the Dreyfus Affair been learnt 130 years on? - analysis

Over a century after the Dreyfus Affair, antisemitism persists globally. From false accusations to dual loyalty tropes, modern incidents raise concerns about lessons unlearned.

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Porto is an example for reestablishing a Jewish community - opinion

We must find new and innovative ways of ensuring Jewish existence in all parts of our continent for generations to come.

 DIRECTOR OF the Porto Holocaust Museum, Michael Rothwell, clasping his hands, and Israel’s Ambassador to Portugal Dor Shapira, looking on, host Portuguese children from around the country on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Porto Jews push to posthumously reinstate 'Portuguese Dreyfus' into army

Arthur Carlos Barros Basto was a Portuguese Army officer who was declared “immoral” in June 1937 for helping returning descendants of Jews to become circumcised.

 Scenes from the movie "Sefarad" about the Portuguese Dreyfus.

Infamous antisemitic Dreyfus Affair documents for sale

Many pieces of history from the Rennes trial will be up for auction, including courtroom sketches of Dreyfus' wife Lucie, Captain Alfred Dreyfus himself and French officer Georges-Marie Picquart.

Alfred Dreyfus

French parliamentary report on the Sarah Halimi murder case reopens the wound it sought to heal

A parliamentary committee led by French Jewish lawmaker Meyer Habib found that police officers arrived on the scene of the 2017 murder before it occurred but did not stop it.

Protesters gather in Jerusalem against the French ruling in the Sarah Halimi murder case, April 25, 2021.

Alan Shatter is Ireland's Alfred Dreyfus - opinion

Shatter was accused of conspiring with Ireland’s police commissioner to ignore complaints made by a police whistleblower. A judicial inquiry determined that allegation untrue.

Alan Shatter.

The Alfred Dreyfus Museum opens in France

French President Emmanuel Macron has inaugurated near Paris what is believed to be the world’s first museum on the wrongful and antisemitic persecution of the late army captain Alfred Dreyfus.

Alfred Dreyfus, circa 1894

On This Day: Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully arrested for espionage

Alfred Dreyfus was a French Jewish captain who was wrongfully accused of selling military secrets to Germany in 1894.

Alfred Dreyfus, circa 1894