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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Marseilles Jews told to lose skullcaps in wake of attack
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJews in Marseilles are being warned not to wear skullcaps, a day after a Jewish man wearing one was attacked by an Islamic State-inspired teen wielding a machette in the French city.
Zvi Ammar, who leads the Jewish community there, says Jews should avoid wearing religious garb in public “until better days.”
He says the exceptional nature of the attack, in which teacher Benjamin Amsallem was stabbed and fought off his attacker with a Torah, calls for the extraordinary measure, saying life is sacred and must be protected at all costs.
— with AFP
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