Hundreds of Jewish Tombs Damaged in Northern France

Overturned grave stones in the Jewish cemetery in Saare-Union

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Several hundred Jewish tombs have been damaged in a cemetery near the northeastern French city of Strasbourg

Hundreds of graves have been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, in what the president called an "odious and barbaric" anti-Semitic act against French values.

The vandalism comes at a time of growing insecurity among French Jews and amid general religious tensions in Europe, after Islamic radicals attacked a kosher market and a satirical newspaper in Paris last month and similar attacks hit Denmark this weekend.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement Sunday that a criminal investigation team is at the damaged cemetery in Sarre-Union, near the German border, and authorities will do "everything" to pursue the vandals. » | Reuters | Sunday, February 15, 2015