MK Merav Michaeli of the Zionist Union on Thursday spoke out against the call to Jews in Marseille, France, to stop wearing kippot (skullcaps) in public following this week’s machete attack on a Jewish teacher in the city.
The President of the Jewish community in Marseilles, Zvi Amar, earlier this week stated that Jews in Marseille should take off their kippot in response to the murder, but later clarified that his comments were taken out of context and explained, “I wanted to say that we need to act carefully and be aware...I suggested to the community, specifically to the children, that when they go outside into the street they should wear a hat.”
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