The name of the area is French for Jewish Village but the name is likely historical. Most of these areas are now anything but Jewish at this stage.
M. sent in this explanation:
They cannot explain the etymology of the name —
there are 3 catholic churches and 1 coptic church but no synagogue and no mosque yet
and there must be more North-Africans than Jewish people in this suburb
of course the best would be to ask someone living in the area
[…]The French author from the 17th century Louis Moréri indicates that the settlement was founded by Jews expelled from Paris.
This idea, however, remains speculative: available medieval Christian and Jewish sources do not mention the existence of the Jewish community in this place. For this reason, the exact role of Jews in the inception or the development of this town remains obscure.
