The Women’s International Zionist Organization held its annual meeting in Tel Aviv this week, with leaders of national branches in Europe telling the Jerusalem Post, among other things, that their constituents are increasingly nervous about openly showing their support for Israel in public. “There is a very bad atmosphere around Jewish people,” said Joelle Lezmi, the president of WIZO France. “People do not have the right to wear kippot; Jewish people are afraid to put on their Star of David; Jewish people have no place to say I am Jewish, just to say I am Jewish. If you are to say ‘I am a Zionist’ it’s quite a revolution.” Read More
