Les Juifs de France et la laïcité. Essai de regard historique et jalons de comparaison avec le cas musulman

Abstract This article proposes to rethink, in broad strokes, the links between between the Jews of France and secularism by historicizing the subject and presenting the major issues. However, a diachronic vision shows that these relations are not linear and cannot be reduced to the simple model of ”Israelism“ or ”Franco-Judaism“, which was especially valid for the first half of the century. This leads to a better understanding of the interest and the limits of a comparison with Islam, which one tends too much to place in relation to this ”Israelite“ Judaism. However, if we proceed to a synchronic comparison, we can realize the many common points in the common approach to secularism.