Antisemitism in French Schools: Turmoil of a Republic
Georges Bensoussan (2004). Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (SISCA).
Antisemitism in French schools and universities is considered. Its manifestations in increasing physical and verbal violence against Jewish pupils, as well as in pressure exerted upon teachers who try to lecture about the Holocaust are discussed. It is suggested that the phenomenon is deeply-rooted and not essentially limited to the Israeli-Arab conflict. Antisemitism in French schools is seen as symptomatic of a social and identity crisis in France.