Israeli rabbi: 'Macron should prepare his coffin' for 'declaring war on God'
"This French president, we must let him know, he has every interest in preparing his coffin," said Rabbi Daniel David Cohen, casting Emmanuel Macron in the vein of Roman Emperor Titus.
An Israeli rabbi, who made incendiary remarks warning President Emmanuel Macron of death by divine judgement over his decision to recognize a Palestinian state, was reported to the French justice system by French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on Friday.
In a YouTube sermon last Sunday, Rabbi Daniel David Cohen said Macron’s July 24 foreign policy shift was not just against Jewish people but a “declaration of war on God,” who decided to whom the land of Israel would be given.
“This French president, we must let him know, he has every interest in preparing his coffin,” said Cohen, casting Macron in the vein of Roman emperor Titus, who, according to rabbinic tradition, died from divine retribution. The coffin was the destination of others besides Macron, continued Cohen, indicating that France would share the fate of Iran and collapse. The rabbi urged Jews to flee France before the Republic collapsed.
Retailleau said on X/Twitter that Cohen had made several threats, including those against the French president, and moved to block the video’s dissemination. He also reported the remarks to the courts, and France24 reported that the Paris Prosecutor’s office had opened an investigation.
Israeli rabbi: Jews, flee France before the country collapses like Iran
Image of French President Emmanuel Macron in front of images of the French and Israeli flag. (credit: REUTERS/STEPHANE MAHE)
Image of French President Emmanuel Macron in front of images of the French and Israeli flag. (credit: REUTERS/STEPHANE MAHE)
Cohen was condemned by France Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia, whose remarks he called intolerable. Korsia emphasized that Cohen, who had lived in France, had “never held a rabbinical position in France, and that he was neither trained nor graduated from the French rabbinical school.”
Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (CRIF) president Yonathan Arfi also said on social media that Cohen had made “hateful and unacceptable threats.”
“These statements against the President of the Republic in no way are connected to the Jewish institutions of France,” said Arfi.
The Torah-Box Jewish religious education platform was quick to distance itself from Cohen, telling The Jerusalem Post that the organization simply distributed the classes of hundreds of rabbis, one of whom was him.
“Torah-Box has never hosted or distributed the video in which the rabbi is incriminated,” Torah-Box said on Sunday.
Cohen was still listed on the site on July 11, according to the Internet Archive, but by Sunday was no longer displayed by Torah-Box as a contributor.
According to a 2023 Rav Dori Connection profile on Cohen, he was born in Algeria and moved to France after the fall of the French-North African colony. Cohen moved to Israel in 1976.
"This French president, we must let him know, he has every interest in preparing his coffin," said Rabbi Daniel David Cohen, casting Emmanuel Macron in the vein of Roman Emperor Titus.
An Israeli rabbi, who made incendiary remarks warning President Emmanuel Macron of death by divine judgement over his decision to recognize a Palestinian state, was reported to the French justice system by French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on Friday.
In a YouTube sermon last Sunday, Rabbi Daniel David Cohen said Macron’s July 24 foreign policy shift was not just against Jewish people but a “declaration of war on God,” who decided to whom the land of Israel would be given.
“This French president, we must let him know, he has every interest in preparing his coffin,” said Cohen, casting Macron in the vein of Roman emperor Titus, who, according to rabbinic tradition, died from divine retribution. The coffin was the destination of others besides Macron, continued Cohen, indicating that France would share the fate of Iran and collapse. The rabbi urged Jews to flee France before the Republic collapsed.
Retailleau said on X/Twitter that Cohen had made several threats, including those against the French president, and moved to block the video’s dissemination. He also reported the remarks to the courts, and France24 reported that the Paris Prosecutor’s office had opened an investigation.
Israeli rabbi: Jews, flee France before the country collapses like Iran
Image of French President Emmanuel Macron in front of images of the French and Israeli flag. (credit: REUTERS/STEPHANE MAHE)
Image of French President Emmanuel Macron in front of images of the French and Israeli flag. (credit: REUTERS/STEPHANE MAHE)
Cohen was condemned by France Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia, whose remarks he called intolerable. Korsia emphasized that Cohen, who had lived in France, had “never held a rabbinical position in France, and that he was neither trained nor graduated from the French rabbinical school.”
Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (CRIF) president Yonathan Arfi also said on social media that Cohen had made “hateful and unacceptable threats.”
“These statements against the President of the Republic in no way are connected to the Jewish institutions of France,” said Arfi.
The Torah-Box Jewish religious education platform was quick to distance itself from Cohen, telling The Jerusalem Post that the organization simply distributed the classes of hundreds of rabbis, one of whom was him.
“Torah-Box has never hosted or distributed the video in which the rabbi is incriminated,” Torah-Box said on Sunday.
Cohen was still listed on the site on July 11, according to the Internet Archive, but by Sunday was no longer displayed by Torah-Box as a contributor.
According to a 2023 Rav Dori Connection profile on Cohen, he was born in Algeria and moved to France after the fall of the French-North African colony. Cohen moved to Israel in 1976.
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