Raphaël Glucksmann sought to follow in the footsteps of his philosopher father, André, as an engaged intellectual. Now he’s the leader of the French Socialist list for the EU Parliament, whose bright political future may depend on abandoning everything his father stood for

The surreal odyssey of the Jewish proto-rap star who invented the modern French song

An object lesson about the rewards and limitations of Jewish assimilation in France

Gilles Kepel, France’s greatest expert on Islamist politics, sees French scholarly values and savoir faire as a bulwark against the mediocrity of Judith Butler and the antisemitic replacement theology of the global south

Former Prime Minister Manuel Valls and rising parliamentary star Benjamin Haddad sit down with Tablet to talk Islamic separatism, anti-Jewish hatred, rebuilding a Republican left, and whether the center can hold

The annual dinner where the French state meets the Jews

Ten years after bloody Islamist attacks sent thousands of French Jews fleeing to Israel, France feels surprisingly resilient—while American Jews fear what comes next

Why France suddenly matters

Paris’ most enigmatic aesthete will welcome the Olympic torch to the city

The former prime minister of France explains that Israel fights in Gaza not only to defend itself, but to protect the values and security of a civilization under siege by an army of cowards and negationists

How the Oct. 7 massacres in Israel gave birth to a global pogrom

Demonstrators in the streets of Paris once chanted ‘We are all Jews.’ Today they cheer on Jewish slaughter.

The recent chaos is not an antisemitic intifada—it’s something worse

An exchange of letters

The growing and distinctly western Mediterranean olim are a boon to Israel but a dark omen for the future of France