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A Jewish deputy mayor of the French city of Toulouse said Wednesday that all European Jews should stop wearing yarmulkes in public, and asserted that “the future of the Jewish people in Europe is hopeless,” after a series of high-profile attacks on Jews.
Asked during an Israeli radio interview about a statement issued Tuesday by a prominent Jewish community leader in Germany advising people against wearing Jewish skullcaps in big cities, Aviv Zonabend said: “Only in Germany? I think we need to remove the kippahs in all of Europe.”
“My son wears a kippah, but I prefer that he wear a hat on top,” he said. While he himself isn’t religious and therefore doesn’t wear one, Zonabend said, he does wear a pendant bearing a Star of David but usually hides it under his shirt.