Over the weekend, Felix Klein, the German government's commissioner on anti-Semitism, said he "cannot advise Jews to wear the kippa everywhere all the time in Germany", in an interview given to the Funke regional press group. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin voiced shock at Klein's warning and said it was a "capitulation to anti-Semitism" and evidence that Jews are unsafe in Germany. Urging readers to cut out the skullcap and wear it, Reichelt stressed that "the kippa belongs to Germany." The Central Council of Jews in Germany has already issued several warnings about wearing the kippa in public. In one prominent case last year, a 19-year-old Syrian man was convicted for assault after lashing out with his belt at an Israeli man wearing a Jewish kippa skullcap while shouting "yahudi", Jew in Arabic.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 27, 2019 10:18 UTC