Jewish communities in the French city of Marseilles are torn over whether Jews should continue to openly wear kippot in light of ongoing antisemitic attacks in the area.
Tzvi Ammar, president of the local office of the Consistoire, the organization responsible for religious services, said that Jewish men should “remove the kippah during these troubled times” because “the preservation of life is sacrosanct”.
His comments come after a Jewish man was attacked by a man wielding a machete outside a synagogue on Monday. In November, a Jewish teacher was also attacked and stabbed by three people claiming to support Islamic State.
Mr Ammar said: "On Saturday, for the first time in my life, I will not be wearing the kippah to the synagogue."
