This is the Forward’s coverage of the kippah or yarmulke, a skullcap worn by observant Jews.
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Fast Forward Hijabs And Kippahs Are Banned In Congress. Ilhan Omar’s Trying To Change That.
The U.S. House has banned hats of any kind for 183 years. Now Ilhan Omar, one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress this year, is set to help change that year. Omar (D-Minn.) and Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are partnering on proposing legislation to allow lawmakers to wear religious headwear in Congress, Roll…
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Fast Forward Money-Grubbing Jew Photos For Sale On Stock Image Website
The well-known stock image website Shutterstock had photos of a Jewish man in a yarmulka excitedly leaning over a pile of money. A Twitter user took a screenshot of the image and posted it, saying several versions were for sale. The image, which perpetuates the age-old stereotype that Jews are greedy and money-hungry, has since…
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Fast Forward Kippahs May Be Banned In Quebec Workplaces
MONTREAL (JTA) — Quebec’s incoming government wants to ban some public servants from wearing religious symbols to work, spurring concerns from Jewish groups. The proposed ban by the Coalition Avenir Québec government is ostensibly to make Quebec public institutions more secular and “neutral” religiously. It would bar police, prison guards, public school teachers and some…
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Fast Forward Yes, Zuck Is Jewish And He’s At Sun Valley. No, He Didn’t Pack A Yarmulke.
Morning Brew, a chatty business newsletter, tried to use a Jewish joke to get in on the buzz about the annual Sun Valley conference for media, tech and entrepreneurship, writing Wednesday morning that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg “excitedly packed his sunscreen, sleeping bag, and yarmulke” for the networking conference, which kicked off earlier in the…
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The Schmooze Ariana Grande Is Bringing Back The Kippah Clip
“More than Jews have kept Shabbat, Shabbat has kept the Jews.” – Ahad Haam “More than the Jews have kept kippah clips, kippah clips have kept the Jews.” – Schmooze proverb Ariana Grande, the pop-princess and twee sex-symbol who is recently affianced to comedian Pete Davidson, is being credited with bringing back a metallic hair…
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Fast Forward Syrian Man Apologizes For Attacking Kippah Wearer In Berlin
(JTA) — A Syrian man on trial in Berlin for attacking a man wearing a kippah confessed in court to the assault and apologized to the victim. The alleged assailant, identified as a Syrian Palestinian living in Germany since 2015, turned himself in two days after the April 17 attack. He is being tried as a juvenile….
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Fast Forward French Public Schools Must Enforce 2004 Ban On Kippot and Muslim Head Covers
(JTA) — The French education ministry sent out a circular reminding teachers that wearing religious symbols in public schools is illegal and urging them to punish noncompliant students. The reminder appeared in an 83-page document sent out Wednesday to thousands of public schools throughout France titled “handbook on laïcité,” a French-language word describing the principal…
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Opinion My Viral Tweet About Muslims Wearing Kippahs Didn’t Show The Whole Truth
When we see an image that stirs something deep inside of us, we can’t help but share it with the world. There is just something about a man who lets another man fall asleep on him on the subway that is just so utterly sweet and beautiful. It awakens something deep inside of us, deep…
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