Source: Anti-Defamation League
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASInt_13/4551_13.htm
On August 23, 2004 the Anti-Defamation League issued a press release that reported, "In the aftermath of the arson of a Jewish community center in Paris – the latest in a series of disturbing anti-Semitic attacks in France – the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) urged the French government to take steps to ensure the safety of Jews and Jewish institutions. 'Extremists appear to be emboldened by the spate of violent attacks against Jews and Jewish institutions in France over the past three years, and continue to feel free to carry out these attacks with little fear of punishment,' Barbara B. Balser, ADL National Chair and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, wrote in a letter to President Jacques Chirac. The League's letter urged the French government to devote more resources to the investigation of the crimes and to consider harsher criminal penalties for bias crimes."