法国犹太人争论戴无檐便帽

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AS IT IS 2016-01-16 French Jews Debate Wearing Skullcaps 法国犹太人争论戴无檐便帽

A knife attack in France that injured a Jew has started a debate about wearing head coverings that show a person is Jewish¹.

“Even if we don’t wear one, we’ll always be attacked,” Israel Nessim told VOA near a synagogue -- a Jewish religious center -- in Paris.

“We’ll always be recognized as Jews,” he said.

Jewish men who are religious wear a head covering called a kippah, yarmulke or skullcap.

On Monday, a school teacher in Marseille who was wearing a kippah was attacked. The attacker was a Kurdish teenager who claimed to support the Islamic State terrorist² group.

Zvi Ammar, a leader in the Jewish community in Marseille, said Jewish men and boys should not wear the kippah “until better days.”

Other French-Jewish leaders urge boys and men to continue wearing a kippah. They include the country’s top Jewish religious leader and the head of a national Jewish group.

Philippe Zribi is a Jewish butcher in Paris. He does not wear a kippah. But he says “I believe people should be able to wear what they want. We need to terrorize the terrorists³, not be terrorized by the terrorists.”

Jews in other countries are debating whether to stop wearing skullcaps. Last year, the leader of a Jewish organization in Germany said Jewish men should stop wearing the kippah in areas where many Muslims live.

About 500,000 Jews live in France. A study by the group Human Rights First reported a sharp increase in anti-Semitic attacks in 2014. And it said more than 7,200 French Jews had moved to Israel that year.

Words in This Story

kippah; yarmulke – n. a small, round head covering that is worn by some religious Jewish men

skullcap – n. a small, round cap that sits on top of the head and that is worn by religious Jewish men and Catholic⁴ clergymen

butcher – n. someone who cuts and sells meat in a shop, or kills animals and prepares their meat to be eaten

anti-Semitic – adj. feeling or showing hatred of Jewish people