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Jews in Germany warned not to wear skullcaps as anti-Semitism rises

By Georgina Littlejohn

i News
May 26, 2019

German Jews have been advised not to wear their skullcaps in public following a rise in anti-Semitism.

Felix Klein, the government’s anti-Semitism commissioner warned the Jewish communities that they may not be safe if they wear the kippa outside.

Speaking to the Funke newspaper group, he said: “I cannot recommend to Jews that they wear the skullcap at all times everywhere in Germany.”

Crimes against Jews

The German government recorded a sharp increase in the number of anti-Semitic offences in 2018, 10 per cent higher than in 2017.

Official figures show that 1,646 hate crimes against Jews were committed last year and physical attacks also increased with 62 violent incidents recorded, up from 37 the year before.

Mr Klein said the internet and social media could be contributing factors as well as the “the lifting of inhibitions and the uncouthness” of society.

He also called on police, teachers and lawyers to seek urgent training to clarify “what is allowed and what is not” when “dealing with anti-Semitism”.

‘Shameful’ anti-Semitism

Germany’s Justice Minister Katarina Barley told the Handelsblatt newspaper that the increase in anti-Semitic crimes was “shameful for our country”.

Speaking to the AFP news agency a few weeks earlier, Claudia Vanoni, Germany’s top legal expert on anti-Semitism said: “Anti-Semitism has always been here. But I think that recently, it has again become louder, more aggressive and flagrant.”

In December 2018, a European Union survey of 16,000 European Jews across 12 countries revealed that 90 per cent of those polled felt that anti-Semitism was increasing across the continent.

Rise in far-right popularity

Of those polled, 85 per cent said anti-Semitism was the biggest social and political problem in their countries and 38 per cent said they had even considered emigrating because they did not feel safe.

Jewish groups fear that the rise in popularity of far-right groups is encouraging hatred of Jewish people and other minorities.

The far-right Alternative for Germany has been the main opposition party since 2017 but while it is openly against immigration, it has denied it it anti-Semitic.