This is the Forward’s coverage of the kippah or yarmulke, a skullcap worn by observant Jews.
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Fast Forward Greek Premier Refuses To Wear Kippah at Yad Vashem
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras refused to cover his head at a Yad Vashem memorial ceremony. Organizers of the ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance urged Samaras to respect Tuesday’s ceremony and cover his head with a kippah or hat, but he laid a wreath at the memorial bareheaded, Ynet reported. Samaras is leading a…
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Fast Forward Montreal Jewish Population Steady Amid Tensions Over Quebec Separatism and Proposed Kippah Ban
(JTA) — Battered and bruised by decades of separatist governments, restrictive language laws and a modern-day exodus, the Jewish community of Quebec may finally have something to celebrate. A new analysis of figures culled from the 2011 Canadian census, known as the National Household Survey, found that Quebec’s Jewish population had not dipped below the…
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Fast Forward Ontario Passes Religious Freedom Motion
A motion introduced by a Jewish legislator in Ontario to reaffirm the Canadian province’s commitment to religious freedom passed unanimously. The motion introduced by Monte Kwinter, a veteran Liberal Member of the Provincial Parliament was specifically meant to distinguish Ontario from neighboring Quebec’s proposed ban on religious symbols in the workplace. The proposed Charter of…
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Fast Forward Quebec Kippah Ban Stokes Controversy in Ethnic ‘Tapestry’ Canada
Quebec’s separatist government is betting on broad popular support with a proposal that prohibits public workers from wearing headscarves, skullcaps and other religious symbols, yet it is dividing the movement that advocates independence from Canada. The proposal, unveiled by the ruling Parti Quebecois last week, plays with the explosive issue of minority rights in a…
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Fast Forward Quebec Separatists Oust Caucus Member For Opposing Ban on Religious Symbols
OTTAWA – The separatist Bloc Quebecois kicked one of its five members of Parliament out of its caucus on Thursday after she took a strong stand against a proposal by Quebec’s separatist government to ban public workers from wearing most religious symbols. Demonstrating how the controversial proposal has caused divisions even among those who want…
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Opinion Quebec’s Kippah Problem
In 1738, a young Catholic man named Jacques La Fargue came to New France. Jacques La Fargue turned out to be Esther Brandeau, a young Jewish woman who had disguised herself to come to the new world. When she refused to convert, she was sent back to France. Jews were officially allowed to settle in…
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News Quebec Unveils Plan to Ban Religious Symbols To Convey Secular Society
Sept 10 (Reuters) – The Canadian province of Quebec will not allow public servants to wear Muslim headscarves, Jewish skullcaps or other obvious religious symbols under a new charter unveiled on Tuesday that is designed to cement a secular society. The pro-independence government of the predominantly French-speaking province says its Charter of Quebec Values will…
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Culture France Has Problems With All Religions — Not Just Islam
A couple of months ago, the French media reported on yet another clash between religious extremists and state authorities. Fifty boys from a private religious school near Paris arrived at a public lycée to take their final examination; however, when two women serving as their proctors met them, there was a standoff. The students, citing…
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