Mon Jun 2, 10:49 AM ET

Michel Kalifa, a kosher butcher and the president of an association fighting to hold onto the historic Jewish identity of the Parisian neighborhood, the Sentier, is seen in the Sentier, in Paris, Wednesday April 16, 2008. The district has been losing a vital chunk of its Jewish character to high-end designer labels in a slow transformation that residents say is reaching a turning point. Local officials estimate that as many as 20 Jewish shops in the compact quarter have given way to clothing stores in the past four years. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

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