Why Jews are Leaving France...

A desecrated monument in Lyon, France.

Source: Martin Burfau/AFP/Getty Images.

The first of a three part series in the National Post on why Jews are leaving France.

Mr. Barthel is the father of two young children. Last year, his children's school bus, belonging to a Jewish school in Epinay-sur-seine, a northern suburb of Paris, was set on fire. "The bus was empty when it was attacked, but still, nobody did anything about it, not the police, not the government."

He says the Jews of France have increasingly felt as if they have had to take safety into their own hands. "For us now, this means one of two things: bunker in with bomb-proof glass, or leave."