Jerusalem reax to French concerns over kippas

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Jerusalem - 13 January 2016
1. People walking on street
2. Exterior shot of "Kippa Centre" shop, selling kippas , or skullcaps
3. Various of colourful skullcaps
4. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Maya Tzidon, owner of "Kippa Centre" shop:
"I have plenty of French customers, Americans, Australians, from all over the world and I have noticed customers abroad tend to buy dark kippas out of fear, so it won't be noticed."
5. Various set up shots of Ofir Akunis, Science, Technology and Space Minister, in his office
6. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Ofir Akunis, Science, Technology and Space Minister:
"If the Jewish community in France will take the decision, not as a community but as individuals, and the mindset will be to immigrate to Israel rather than to continue to live the ever more complicated life in France, southern France, central France and its north, this will be the best solution, and I call them to do just so and immigrate to Israel."
7. People in market
8. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Yossi (last name not given) Jerusalem resident:
"If I will walk without my kippa in the market or where I live, it will be terrible. I can understand them in France, with all the attacks and all."
9. Set up of Ze'ev Ridman, vendor at market
10. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Ze'ev Ridman, vendor at market:
"We should not be afraid, what is this, the Holocaust, when we were afraid to walk freely? We should not be afraid, Jewish people should be proud, not to be afraid of anyone. "
11. Rabbi Israel Bloom sitting with friend
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Rabbi Israel Bloom, Jerusalem resident:
"Why are Jews being threatened in France? They have to take into consideration that where they live, just the fact of them being in an atmosphere which is not a part of their being... in other words, a Jew needs to be among of his own people."
13. Reverse shot of man walking in market wearing a kippa
STORYLINE
As Jews in France debate whether or not to wear the traditional Kippa or skull-cap as a personal safety measure, residents of Jerusalem on Wednesday offered their views on the issue.
Following a machete-attack on a Jewish teacher in Marseille, a leading Jewish authority asked fellow Jews on Tuesday to refrain from wearing their traditional skull cap to stay safe.
The call from Zvi Ammar, head of the Israelite Consistory of Marseille, came a day after a 15-year-old Turkish Kurd attacked and wounded a Jewish teacher on a street in France's second-largest city, then told police after his arrest that he acted in the name of the Islamic State group.
Ammar said his decision to ask Jews not to wear the kippa was the hardest of his life.
Jerusalem residents were mixed in their reactions, with some saying they understood Ammar's fears, whilst others said Jews in France should not be afraid of showing their faith.
A Jerusalem Kippa shop-owner, Maya Tzidon, said she noticed that foreign Jews coming to her shop tended to purchase the darker coloured Kippa which are less conspicuous.
Israel's Science, Technology and Space Minister Ofir Akunis called on Jews living in France, home to the world's third largest Jewish population, to immigrate to Israel "rather than to continue to live the ever more complicated life in France."
According to the Jewish Agency, a nonprofit group that works closely with the government and acts as a link for Jews around the world, a record 7,200 French Jews arrived in 2014, double the number for the previous year.
France's Jewish community of 500,000 is the largest in Europe.
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