joining me now is felix klein the german government commission on anti semitism that klein thanks so much for joining us here at the doubly you recently warned jews in germany against wearing the skull cap pull or kippa openly which you did receive some criticism for but of course anti semitism isn't. isolated to germany so do you feel that german jews are in particular need of protection well anti-semitism in germany is always something very special because of our historical past difficulty because the past also of course anti-semitism is on the rise everywhere in europe with my statement i want to trigger the bait about the security of the jewish institutions and the jewish community in our country and i'm quite happy actually to have succeeded in that because now you can the federal president steinmeier made a statement today and i think it is very good to see that. everybody now knows that jewish life has to be protected that it's very special thing to have jewish life in germany particularly after the holocaust and that we. also have to bear you we see the value of it so in that

did these william know of glue craft spoke to germany's anti-semitism commissioner félix klein earlierlet's listen to what he had to say about rising anti-semitism in germany you recently warned jews not to wear a keep in germany but anti-semitism is nothing unique to germany it exists in many countries in the us we've seen it were jewish life is much more prominent than in germany even in israel there's often tensions on arms violence between secular and religious jews why a specific warning for jews in germany. semitism in germany is always something very special because the holocaust was invented here and happened here and of course we have to take a very very close look at the situation and with the description of the reality i wanted to trigger an honest. discussion and like in normal life i think when you want to make a therapy you 1st have to analyze the situation this is what i did and i'm quite satisfied that the discussion is so broad knowledge that we have to protect jewish life in germany together politics the state and society as well and it comes in the context of all cou

spoke to germany's anti-semitism commissioner felix klein earlier. you recently warned jews not to wear a keep in germany but anti-semitism is nothing unique to germany it exists in many countries in the us we've seen it were jewish life is much more prominent than in germany even in israel there's often tensions i was violence between secular and religious jews why a specific warning for jews in germany. semitism in germany is always something very special because the holocaust was invented here and happened here and of course we have to take a very very close look at the situation and with the description of the reality i wanted to trigger an honest. discussion and like in normal life i think when you want to make a therapy you 1st have to analyze the situation this is what i did and i'm quite satisfied that the discussion is so broad knowledge that we have to protect jewish life in germany together politics the state and society as well and it comes in the context of all could stay which you are calling on all germans to wear a keep in solidarity

behind a call for germans to wear jewish skullcaps this coming saturday the government commission felix klein has germans to take part in a demonstration against anti semitism on saturday and to activists. of solidarity with the jewish community. and protest as much against the israeli occupation of east jerusalem as the client made headlines or weekend when he recommended jewish men refrain from wearing skullcaps in public for their own safety. a journalist and commentator michelle friedman normally lives in frankfurt but joins us today from tel aviv welcome what has been your experience as it has it become more dangerous to be openly jewish in germany. this is what i. said and i don't know if the nose is correct but the advice not to keep us is a catastrophe it means that secure jew is only an invisible jew and i believe that this 74 years after hitler is a catastrophe diagnosis and therapy we are living in a democracy and christian friend of mine can his christian science and i want that my children and myself are capable of living in berlin and frankfurt wherever and showing up that we ar