The Bataclan Theater was built in 1864 by the architect Charles Duval.
Ba-ta-clan is the title of an operetta (1855) by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), born Jakob Offenbach in Köln, Germany.
Offenbach was Jewish.
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Islamic terrorists may have targeted Bataclan Club in Paris Friday due to its Jewish owners.
At least 100 people were slaughtered at Bataclan Friday by Islamic extremists.
Hat Tip Dana Loesch
Islamists wearing kaffiyehs protested the club in 2008 at a gala for Israeli Border Police.
Times of Israel reported:
French magazine Le Point says the Bataclan theater has for years been the target of anti-Zionist groups as its Jewish owners often put on pro-Israel events.
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The publication quotes a member of the extremist group Army of Islam, who told French security services in 2011 that, “We had planned an attack against the Bataclan because its owners are Jews.”
The Eagles of Death Metal, the band performing at the theater when the attacks began, played in Tel Aviv’s Barby club in July.
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