Jew In Paris Video

This video shows how bad the anti-Semitic situation is in Paris

Jew In Paris Video

Fears heighten over possible horrid Anti-Semitic mood in Paris, France, as undercover reporter secretly records dirty scenes of discrimination and harassment against a “Jew.”

An undercover reporter who went around the streets of Paris wearing a yarmulke and other traditional Jewish garments was ridiculed with an excruciating level of humiliation. Zvika Klein, a brave reporter with NRG – a Jewish news outlet – set out with the sole aim of testing just how walking the streets of the city is for the average Jew, in the wake of statements by Israeli Prime Minister that Europe is no longer safe for Jews.

Klein, putting on a kippah (a religious skullcap also known as a yarmulke) on his head and a tzitzit (knotted ritual tassels) silently wandered the streets for about 10 hours with a secretly fitted camera capturing footage of the grim discrimination and harassment he endured. He was threatened, called a dog and even being spat at for wearing garments associated with the Jewish faith. The antisemitism in France is undeniably rampant.

Following the attack last month on a kosher supermarket in Paris that left four Jews murdered for their faith, and apparently drawing up inspiration from a YouTube video in which a New York woman filmed the sexist remarks she endured in 10 hours of walking the streets of the Big Apple, Klein took to the streets to record what life was really like for a Jew living in Paris.

In the company of a bodyguard and Dov Belhassen, a photographer who captured the whole mission using a backpack concealed GoPro camera, Klein wandered through Jewish neighborhoods, around the Eiffel Tower, and then through mostly Muslim neighborhoods.

Commenting that tourist attractions were “relatively calm,” he posted the revealing video that has since gone viral on YouTube. Klein wrote, “Welcome to Paris 2015, where soldiers are walking every street that houses a Jewish institution, and where keffiyeh-wearing men and veiled women speak Arabic on every street corner.” He continued, “Tourist attractions were relatively calm, but the further from them we walked, the more anxious I became over the hateful stares, the belligerent remarks, and the hostile body language,” Klein wrote.

What is he doing here Mommy? Doesn’t he know he will be killed?” a little boy who was surprised to see Klein appear the way he did in his neighborhood exclaimed. Children shouted “Viva Palestine” and as he passes a group of youths, one remarks: “I’m joking, the dog will not eat you.”

This is coming on the heels of a call made by Isreali Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the mass exodus of Jews from Europe so as to escape the rising tide of antisemitic terror attacks. Netanyahu stressed that the continent of Europe was not safe for Jews citing recent attacks in Paris and Copenhagen, just as the Prime Minister concluded that Israel is now the only country in the world where Jews can feel safe.

Moreover, the overturning of 250 gravestones in a rural cemetery in eastern France where many Jews once lived but have long since left has helped unveil the increasingly antisemitic mood in the country to international attention. In a response to the cemeteries’ desecration, which was discovered Sunday and has led to the arrest and detention of 5 youth ages 15 to 17, local prosecutor, Philippe Vannier, said it remains unclear if the cemetery was targeted because it was Jewish, or rather because it was thought to be abandoned.

However, Zvika Klein’s recent video reveals that the antisemitic mood in France is real and thriving at dangerous levels. Klein says the majority of French Jews “do not flaunt their religion” and Jewish community leaders have urged them to wear hats as they walk to and from work.

“Is this what life is like for Paris’ Jews? Is this what a Jew goes through, day in and day out, while walking to work or using public transportation?” Klein queried. Unfortunately, it seems to be that way for the foreseeable future.

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