What I understood with a kippah in Paris in 2015 - and what New York's mayor refuses to understand today
Zvika Klein describes his experiences walking with a kippah in Paris in 2015 after the Hyper Cacher attack, and links them to contemporary antisemitic incidents in France and New York. He criticizes the response of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani to protests outside a synagogue in Manhattan.
Zvika Klein describes his experiences walking with a kippah through the streets of Paris in 2015, just weeks after the Hyper Cacher attack, and links them to contemporary antisemitic incidents in France and New York. He cites the riots in France over the weekend, in which nearly 1,800 people were arrested, and the video by the 'Movement for the Fight against Antisemitism' allegedly documenting a desecrated synagogue in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. Klein refers to the arson attack on the synagogue in La Grande-Motte in August 2024, where cars were set on fire outside the synagogue while five worshippers were inside. He criticizes New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for his response to protests outside the 'Park East' synagogue in Manhattan in November 2025, where protesters called to 'make the intifada global'. Klein argues that security budgets will not solve the heart of the problem: the hostility Jews face due to their connection to Israel.