New York, NY – Non-Jewish Worker Ridiculed for Wearing Yarmulke: Suit

New York, NY – An Italian man walks into a consulting firm wearing a yarmulke . . .

Ciro Rosselli, 29, of Queens, claims in papers filed in Manhattan federal court that he donned the religious head cover in the office while practicing “theosophy,” an obscure spiritual philosophy that holds “there is no higher religion than truth.”

But the non-Jewish man’s colleagues at McKinsey & Co. apparently thought wearing the Jewish skullcap wasn’t kosher — and allegedly unleashed a torrent of taunts at the Astoria, Queens, resident.

Rosselli claims that his boss sent him an e-mail likening him to Kabbala fan Madonna for his sudden embrace of Judaism, while another co-worker suggested he was just trying “to hide his bald spot.”

The alleged abuse also included accusations that Rosselli wasn’t a “real Jew,” with one supervisor demanding: “Take that [yarmulke] off! You’re creeping me out!” according to his lawsuit.

Rosselli’s suit seeks unspecified money damages from the consulting giant for discrimination and retaliation, because it allegedly fired him over his complaints to the Human Resources Department.

One colleague allegedly reportedly said, “I guess I won’t be asking you for a loan” — which his suit calls “a reference to the stereotype that Jewish people are ‘cheap.’ ”