Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France

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Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France (CRIF) ({{langx|en|Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions}}){{cite news|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/09/magazine/the-jews-of-france.html|title=The Jews of France |author=Paul Lewis |date=9 October 1983 |access-date=29 August 2022}} is an umbrella organization of other groups representing the interests of French Jews.

Overview

It is the official French affiliate of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), the world-wide umbrella organization of Jewish communities, and of the European Jewish Congress.[http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/uploads/WJC_Affiliates_List.pdf World Jewish Congress - Affiliates] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521115143/http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/uploads/WJC_Affiliates_List.pdf |date=21 May 2014 }} It opposes antisemitism and antisemitic policies. It generally supports Zionism and the state of Israel, although in 2004 CRIF refuted Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's characterization of antisemitism in France and his calls for French Jews to emigrate to Israel.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

On 20 November 2004, CRIF accused the French government of failing to protect citizens from broadcasts by Hezbollah's al-Manar TV, which includes films that CRIF asserts are antisemitic and incite Muslims to attack Jews.{{Cite news |last= |date=20 November 2004 |title=French Jews Blast Government Decision to Air Hezbollah TV |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/french-jews-blast-government-decision-to-air-hezbollah-tv-1.140777 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521164509/http://www.haaretz.com/news/french-jews-blast-government-decision-to-air-hezbollah-tv-1.140777 |archive-date=21 May 2011 |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=Haaretz}} Al-Manar was blocked by the CSA. It has opposed the beatification of Pope Pius XII, stating that a majority of historians disagreed with the position that Pius worked ceaselessly to save Jews.[http://www.ejpress.org/article/31203 Ejpress] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020024156/http://www.ejpress.org/article/31203 |date=20 October 2008 }}

French neo-Nazis planned an attack on the CRIF headquarters in 2023. Kalashnikovs and a laboratory for producing explosives were discovered at a suspect's home. In chat messages they wrote that they wanted to carry out an attack “worse than Bataclan”.{{Cite web |last=K.d.ö.R |first=Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland |date=2023-06-20 |title=Rechtsextreme in Frankreich und USA planten Anschläge auf jüdische Organisationen |url=https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/rechtsextreme-in-frankreich-und-usa-planten-anschlaege-auf-juedische-organisationen/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Jüdische Allgemeine |language=de}}