“Worried about a surge in anti-Semitic attacks, France’s chief rabbi has cautioned Jewish men against wearing yarmulkes in public, suggesting they wear baseball caps instead.
“After a weekend arson attack on a Jewish school, Rabbi Joseph Sitruk urged young men to be extra cautious, saying they could become targets of violence if they wear the yarmulke, or skullcap.
“‘I ask young Jews to be alert, to avoid walking alone, to avoid wearing the yarmulke in the street or in the subway and consequently becoming targets for potential assailants,’ Sitruk told Radio J this weekend.”
It may be not too long before the headscarves that Muslims are fighting to change France’s secular laws in order to wear will be the only religious apparel visible on French streets.