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Friday is French ‘Everyone With a Kippa’ Day in Solidarity With Embattled Jews
by Lori Lowenthal Marcus
January 15, 2016

Following recent attacks against Jews in France, some Jewish supporters have called for Friday, Jan. 15,  to be “#TousAvecUneKippa,” or “Everyone With a Kippa” day, in solidarity with French Jews. The idea was motivated by the announcement by the president of the Jewish Community of Marseille, France, who was understood to tell Jews in France not to wear their kippot in public, following an ISIS-inspired machete attack against a Jewish teacher, Benjamin Amsellem, in that town on Monday, Jan. 11. Amsellem was wearing a kippa when he was attacked…The same day as the attack on Amsellam, a French Jewish politician was murdered in his home. READ MORE