Guy18

Going to Paris this month and thinking I'll skip my requisite stop for falafel in the traditional Jewish quarter due to security concerns. Just wondering if anyone has been there within the past weeks, if security is tightened there, and/or if people seem to be avoiding it. Sad that this needs asking.

pariswat

Been around last week.
Keep forgetting it is the jewish quarter - kind of things I'll never bother with - so didn't pay attention. Didn't feel insecure.

pariswat

Forgot to say that the best Falafel are in Switzerland.
it is well known that 'on trouve les meilleurs falafells à Sion, en Suisse'.
(I guess I'll be called very common again).

Guy18

Must admit, pariswat, I had very good falafel in Bern, under the arcades. But the Paris falafel are also delicious.

nytraveler

Too bad you don't appreciate this great food!

But everyone has their own tastes. I can;t understand people who eat grits (just ick!) or mac and cheese (orange glue)!

tower

NYT...its not just that, but her one and only post may be another indication of a class-ruptured Fodors to come. Look at her profile pic. Need I say more? Editors, wake up.

Guy18

Yes, a sad little troll. Don't feed her...

nytraveler

Right - so obviously a very unattractive guy who can't find a girlfriend and expresses it this way.

fuzzbucket

Rue des Rosiers is doing the same amount of business as it always has. Only a few tourists seem to have cancelled their trips, and the felafel places are all busy. Nothing out of the ordinary, nothing to be concerned about. Soldiers are patrolling all of the Marais, not just what remains of the two-block long "Jewish quarter".

DonTopaz

Cora18, I thought you favored l'As du Falafel?

bilboburgler

Don, an image just crossed my mind

kerouac

Since the Jewish population was not at all targeted in the most recent attacks of November 13th, I think that the Jews of Paris are feeling more relieved than worried.

fuzzbucket

The only time I've seen disappointed people on rue des Rosiers is when they try to buy felafels on the Sabbath, when many places are closed.
On the other hand, people who try felafels for the first time are often more disappointed than the people who couldn't buy them in the first place.

kerouac

Yes, I think a lot of people would like to find a couple of meatballs inside. ;-)

Guy18

Kerouac, the theater was most likely chosen because it had been Jewish-owned until just recently and because they have had Israeli bands play there. They have received threats in the past for this. And the cafe that was attacked was owned by Jews. So your assertion that the Jewish community was not targeted is incorrect.

Robert2533

Cora18? More like Cora12 from the Jersey shore.

nytraveler

Cora -

Please take your childish, illiterate and highly offensive comments elsewhere.

And consider learning to spell.

kerouac

Guy18, you are jumping to irrational conclusions. What about the Arab owned pizzeria?

Guy18

These are not my conclusions. I am only sharing what has been reported by several news sources. You can do your own research if you like.

kerouac

I don't have to. I know these places. With six attack sites, you only mention one as being "Jewish owned" and one as "formerly Jewish-owned". That hardly adds up to a concerted anti-Jewish attack, especially since all of these places were open and full. "Real" Jewish places would have been closed for the Sabbath.