(JNS) For the second time in 20 years, France basked in the accomplishment of winning the World Cup with a team whose diverse backgrounds were as much a symbol of national unity as the creative brand of soccer they played. By any reckoning, a team made up of names like Mbappe, Pavard, Hernandez and Pogba is a near-perfect representation of the inclusive republican ideal that France’s leaders say they aspire to.
But when it comes to actual results, politics is rarely as definitive and inspiring as sports.
Since he took office last year, French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to combat the anti-Semitism that, all too often in France, underlies acts of violence against Jews that are bestial in nature.
