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A ‘new anti-Semitism’ rising in France
Washington Post ^ | June 20, 2014 | By Anthony Faiola

Posted on 06/20/2014 10:59:05 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

PARIS — “I am not an anti-Semite,” French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala says with a devilish grin near the start of his hit show at this city’s Théâtre de la Main d’Or.

Then come the Jew jokes.

In front of a packed house, he apes Alain Jakubowicz, a French Jewish leader who calls the humor of Dieudonné tantamount to hate speech. While the comedian skewers Jakubowicz, Stars of David glow on screen and, as the audience guffaws, a soundtrack plays evoking the trains to Nazi death camps. In various other skits, he belittles the Holocaust, then mocks it as a gross exaggeration.

In a country where Jewish leaders are decrying the worst climate of anti-Semitism in decades, Dieudonné, a longtime comedian and erstwhile politician whose attacks on Jews have grown progressively worse, is a sign of the times. French authorities issued an effective ban on his latest show in January for inciting hate. So he reworked the material to get back on stage, cutting, for instance, one joke lamenting the lack of modern-day gas chambers. . .

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TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; france

1 posted on 06/20/2014 10:59:05 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Jews tend to be very, very liberal.

That philosophy built modern day France.


2 posted on 06/20/2014 11:00:42 AM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Obama/Kerry/Hillary/ And.... ?


3 posted on 06/20/2014 11:12:09 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Start getting your attics ready, everybody!


4 posted on 06/20/2014 11:54:10 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Hubris and denial overwhelm Western Civilization. Nemesis and tragedy always follow.)
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To: Tzimisce

Jews tend to be very, very liberal.

In the US, certainly; but in France as well?


5 posted on 06/20/2014 5:03:05 PM PDT by eddiespaghetti ((with the meatball eyes))
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