Quebec legislator criticizes Jewish colleague for wearing kippah

A separatist legislator in the Canadian province of Quebec has backtracked after criticizing a fellow parliamentarian for wearing a kippah in the legislative chamber on Holocaust Remembrance Day, JTA reported on Monday.

During a raucous session, opposition leader Jean-François Lisée of the Parti-Québécois criticized David Birnbaum, the only Jewish legislator of the governing Liberal Party, for wearing the skullcap.