Jewish journalist films the taunts he hears walking the streets of Paris

An Orthodox Jewish journalist who was filmed being harassed as he walked the streets of Paris for 10 hours is speaking out now that his video has gone viral.

Zvika Klein wore what he usually does, a kippah (skullcap) and tzitzit (tassels), during his walk around Paris, which was inspired by a video filmed in New York last fall that showed a woman being catcalled as she made her way through the city, The Washington Post reports. A colleague carried a backpack with the hidden camera inside, and a bodyguard was also nearby in case of trouble.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.