This is the Forward’s coverage of the kippah or yarmulke, a skullcap worn by observant Jews.
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News Le Pen Says Yarmulke Ban Would Be Fair
French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen clarified her support of a ban on wearing kipahs in public. Le Pen, leader of the National Front, told French television on Saturday that “Jewish skullcaps are obviously not a problem in our country,” but France has to “ban them in the name of equality,” Haaretz reported. A day…
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Fast Forward France’s Le Pen Backs Ban on Kippahs
French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen said she supports a ban on wearing kipahs in public in addition to a ban on Muslim headscarves. “Obviously, if the veil is banned, the kipah [should be] banned in public as well,” the French daily Le Monde quoted Le Pen, leader of the National Front, as saying in…
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Fast Forward Yarmulke Store Sends Freebies to Edon Pinchot
A New Jersey store reportedly is sending free yarmulkes to Edon Pinchot, the kipah-wearing former contestant on “America’s Got Talent.” Cool Kippahs in Teaneck, N.J., is sending Edon several free yarmulkes in honor of the fact that the teenager wore them during all of his performances on the NBC reality show, the TMZ website reported….
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Fast Forward Berlin Shows Solidarity — With Yarmulkes
“Berlin wears a yarmulke,” the popular BZ local newspaper declared to its readers on Saturday. The reason: the front page presented a photo of five Berlin celebrities posing with skullcaps – including Mayor Klaus Wowereit, one of the best known gay politicians in Europe. The city’s residents decided to show their solidarity with the city’s…
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The Schmooze Get Your Obamulkes and yarMITTkahs for Passover
For the sake of unity and sanity, many families ban talk of contemporary domestic politics from the Seder table. But diehard political supporters of presidential candidates have a way of getting their positions across without saying a single word. As Matthew Walters tell us, you can wear your politics on your sleeve — or your…
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The Schmooze H&M Gets Tallit-Chic
We wouldn’t recommend wearing this to synagogue if you want to stand out. Recently we were taken aback when we saw this poncho in the window of retailer H&M (could it stand for Haim & Moshe?). Now we’re left wondering if this will set off a new Tallit-chic trend. Will H&M start carrying kippot next?…
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The Schmooze Yarmulke Kerfuffle Leaves Fla. Panthers’ Fans Outraged
The latest egregious disappointment to hit the lowly Florida Panthers’ franchise has nothing to do with hockey. Panthers’ fans are (it baffles me to say) distraught and disappointed over a miscommunication surrounding a Tuesday night yarmulke giveaway, during what was billed as “the biggest Hanukkah party in South Florida.” The original press release stated all…
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The Schmooze Yarmulke-Wearing Bandit Robs Connecticut Bank
A middle-aged man robbed a Darien, Conn., bank on Monday wearing what might rank as the least intimidating bank robber’s disguise ever: an ill-fitting yarmulke. The man, dressed in a gray coat buttoned up to the neck and a light-blue yarmulke — the sort given out at bar mitzvahs — is shown in security camera…
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