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https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-861254 French Rabbi's house 'completely destroyed' in arson attack | The Jerusalem Post

A rabbi and his family’s apartment in Grenoble, France, was completely destroyed in a suspected arson attack on Saturday, July 5, the rabbi’s daughter told Radio Judaica on Wednesday.

Rabbi Yhia Lahiani and Rebbetzin Batcheva Lahiani had left for a special celebratory meal at the synagogue with the rest of their family when, less than 10 minutes later, three successive explosions were heard in the apartment.There is nothing left of the family’s home.

She explained that the investigation is still ongoing, and that police had found traces of accelerant, which they believe is kerosene, on the stones outside the house.

“It was a two-story apartment at the bottom of a large building, and there was a small garden in front where my parents had a little barbecue with a gas bottle attached to it.

“The neighbor told my parents that her son saw some young people throwing something – we don’t know what because we weren’t there – but they saw young people passing by and throwing things just before the house exploded. According to the police’s deductions so far, it seems that they set the barbecue on fire, and there was also an electrical panel, so the fire spread and the explosion occurred.”

“My parents have lived in Grenoble for over 45 years,” she said. Mostly, they had lived without any issues, she said. October 7 changed this.

“After October 7, it wasn’t ‘Rabbi Jacob’ anymore, it was ‘Jewish bastard.’

“My father had his car tires slashed multiple times to the point where he had to park his car in front of the house because he didn’t trust the parking lot anymore.

“My mother, of course, had cameras around the school. We caught a young man several times with a gun, firing at the school. We even had people yelling – I experienced this myself when I went to visit them – and shouting ‘Palestine, Gaza.’ And just after the fire, some young people passed by again, shouting ‘Jewish bastard.’”

Rabbi O.N. Levitan (with the white beard) supervises matzoh-making in preparation for Passover at Streit Matzoh Bakery, 150 Rivington Street, March 22, 1954.