French Jews are worried by the political consequences of last week's killings.
Five thousand police and soldiers are being deployed around Jewish schools and other Jewish locations.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the community's safety is one of his government's top priorities after the last week's jihadist killings. Six out of the 17 victims were Jewish. Another victim, 26-year-old policewoman Clarissa Jean-Philippe, is thought to have been shot by terrorist Amedy Coulibaly as he was attempting to attack a Jewish school in southern Paris.
While the main Jewish community leaders, including Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia, have praised the government's determination, most French Jews do not feel reassured. Headteachers at Jewish schools see the police and army deployment as an emergency measure and doubt it will last for any length of time.
Worshippers at synagogues point to the fact that the police authorities in Paris and elsewhere requested many shut down throughout Shabbat last Friday and Saturday, and that other synagogues were left unprotected.
The chairman of a synagogue in Central Paris told me: "We saw a police patrol on Friday evening, as the service was already over, and that was it for 24 hours. I believe the police were overstretched and could not wage war on two fronts simultaneously: chasing terrorists and ensuring the security of their potential victims."
Things may improve under a comprehensive public safety law to be passed shortly which is being touted as the French equivalent of the American Patriot Act passed after 9/11.
But for such a law to be effective, France needs to change its priorities. For years, France has put social security ahead of actual security. In 2014, it spent 31.9 per cent of its national wealth on social programmes, against an OECD average of 21.6 per cent. National defence and domestic security spending amounted to less than 10 per cent.
French Jews are also worried about the political consequences of last week's killings. The spirit of "national unity" that culminated with mass rallies throughout France may not last, and may not even have been particularly unified. On the one hand, very few Muslims or non-European citizens took part in the marches, making it seem as if the country is now polarising along ethnic and cultural lines.
On the other hand, the marchers were in the main focusing on the massacre at Charlie Hebdo and turning the anti-Jewish killings into a side issue.
A latent crisis even surrounded the presence of Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu at the march in Paris.
According to unconfirmed reports, President Francois Hollande and the French Foreign Office did not wish him to come, and, once it was clear he was coming, made sure to invite Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as well.
While Mr Hollande, Prime Minister Valls and former president Nicolas Sarkozy attended a memorial service at the Paris Great Synagogue with Mr Netanyahu, they left when he delivered a speech of condolence.
The fact that Mr Netanyahu mentioned the growing number of French Jews who are emigrating to Israel was criticized by French politicians and the media.
Mr Valls, who is seen as the most pro-Israel member of the Hollande administration insisted that "France needs its Jews" and "would not be fully France without them".
Nonetheless, the events of last week are more likely to accelerate migration plans for many French Jews.
© Michel Gurfinkiel & The Jewish Chronicle
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