Mr Galliano was also recorded drunkenly declaring his love for Hitler.
He was fined 6,000 euros and stripped of his Legion of Honour medal.
But the Anti Defamation League National Director Abraham H Foxman sprang to Mr Galliano’s defence, saying: “Anyone familiar with the dress of traditional Orthodox Jews should not mistake what Galliano is wearing. Chasidim do not wear fedora hats, pinstripe pants, blue jackets or an ascot tie.”
“He has spent hours with me and with others in the European Jewish community, including rabbis and Holocaust scholars, in an effort to better understand himself and to learn from his past mistakes.” Mr Foxman added: “He is trying very hard to atone.”
The designer has since ditched the Chasidic look.