If you’re a guest in a country, it is a dangerous thing to wear stuff that distinguishes you from the majority.<\/p>\n
Mark Twain said that the Jew is always a stranger and even the angels don’t like strangers.<\/p>\n
In general, Jews only deliberately act, dress and comport themselves in radically different ways from their gentile neighbors when they feel secure. Under pressure, they conform to gentile norms. <\/p>\n
Bloomberg: French Jews Debate Danger of Wearing Kippa After Teacher Attack<\/a><\/p>\n France\u2019s Jewish community is debating whether wearing a kippa has become a dangerous demonstration of their faith after a teacher in Marseille was attacked by a 15 year-old claiming to act in the name of the Islamic state. If you’re a guest in a country, it is a dangerous thing to wear stuff that distinguishes you from the majority. Mark Twain said that the Jew is always a stranger and even the angels don’t like strangers. In general, … Continue reading
\nZvi Ammar, head of the Marseille Israelite Consistory, suggested the city\u2019s Jews should take off their religious garb after the teacher was attacked Jan. 11. Yet the country\u2019s Grand Rabbi Haim Korsia and the national council representing Jews in France have urged them not to take the small skullcap off their heads.
\n\u201cWe must not give way,\u201d Korsia said on France Info radio.
\nThe French government isn\u2019t taking a position on the wearing of a kippa while pledging to \u201cprotect and denounce anti-Semitic acts,\u201d spokesman Stephane Le Foll said on I-Tele news channel today. President Francois Hollande called the attack an \u201cunspeakable act.\u201d
\nThe teacher was attacked with a machete by a young Turkish man from Kurdish background. The man claims to have acted \u201cin the name of Allah\u201d and \u201cfull of hate,\u201d Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin told the press Jan. 11. He was unknown to France\u2019s police and intelligence services. He has been transferred to Paris to confront the anti-terrorism prosecutor.
\nThis is the third attack against Jews in Marseille in the past six months. Since the Nov. 13 attacks that killed 130 in Paris, there have been regular threats \u201ctargeting the Jewish community more\u201d Robin said Tuesday at a press conference in Marseille. The Mediterranean port city is the home to about 70,000 Jews, one of the religion\u2019s biggest communities in France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"