French parliamentarians wear kippahs in "Assemblée nationale" following Jew’s stabbing

A French-Jewish lawmaker and his non-Jewish colleague wore kippahs in parliament to signal their rejection of anti-Semitism.

Published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency January 15, 2016

Meyer Habib and Claude Goasguen were filmed wearing the Jewish head covering, also known as a yarmulke or skullcap, briefly in the corridors of the National Assembly Wednesday, after a Jewish community leader from Marseille called on Jews to remove their kippahs as a security measure following a spate of anti-Semitic stabbings in the southern city.

Jews in Israel and France, as well as many non-Jews, vowed to wear kippahs demonstratively on Friday across France and beyond to protest anti-Semitism. The hashtag “#TousAvecUneKippa” (EveryoneWithAKippa) was widely shared on social media. The campaign featured photoshopped images of public figures wearing the skull cap — from actor Brad Pitt to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“There are many small initiatives taking place across France that involve wearing kippahs,” Robert Ejnes, executive Director of CRIF told JTA Friday. “The expressions of solidarity we’ve seen in France are a positive outcome to a negative reality that we would have preferred did not happen, in which the religious freedom of Jews is debated,” he added. “At the end of the day, though, we draw encouragement from the public reaction to what was said.”... Read more.

Source : http://www.jta.org/2016/01/15/news-opinion/world/french-lawmakers-wear-kippah-to-parliament-following-jews-stabbing