Jewish holy sites were not maintained, and their cemeteries had been desecrated.

It was the sixth attack on Jewish religious sites in France that week.

Armed police officers had already been guarding major Jewish sites in Germany.

Ask for directions to a Jewish site, and one is met with suspicion or at best indifference.

Jewish communal sites in Arab countries must be preserved and respected.

There are no scheduled guided tours to Jewish sites, one of which is a cemetery.

Some Jewish sites have also been affected by a resurgence of anti-Semitism.

"I would say the number of Jewish sites on the Web has gone up 500 to 600 percent since then," he said.

But after other Jewish sites in the area became targets, residents began to worry.

Several Jewish religious sites were vandalized during the reporting period.