This is the Forward’s coverage of the kippah or yarmulke, a skullcap worn by observant Jews.
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Life This $36,000 Kippah Is The Ultimate Luxury Item
If you’ve got $36,000 to spare, ModernTribe — a site that sells contemporary Judaica — has the perfect gift for you: A kippah made of diamonds. The kippah (literally called “The Kippah,” as if denoting its ultimate baller status), is made out of Italian leather and features a bling-encrusted Jewish star, with 873 tiny diamonds…
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Fast Forward Is This $1,400 Crocodile-Skin Kippah Kosher?
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Curious locals and journalists rushed to a Judaica store in Jerusalem’s Old City to marvel at the new luxury-marketed crocodile, python and cowhide Jewish head coverings. An ostrich edition was said to be coming soon. But as the hype grew, so did public backlash, and last week, the government confiscated the kippahs…
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Fast Forward New Rule Lets Pro Basketball Players Wear Yarmulkes, Hijabs
(JTA) — Basketball’s international governing body will allow players to wear yarmulkes, hijabs and other religious headgear beginning October 1. The new rule, announced in a May 4 statement by the International Basketball Association, or FIBA, will have the largest impact on women from majority-Muslim countries who sought to wear the hijab in international competition. Qatar’s…
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Fast Forward Jason Greenblatt’s Kippah Went Missing, And The Israelis Were Baffled
President Trump’s adviser on international negotiations just concluded his first trip to the Middle East and won a round of praise from all sides, for his openness and inclusiveness in approaching the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But some in the Israeli press and on social media noticed another fact: Greenblatt, who is Orthodox, showed up to his…
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Fast Forward Marine Le Pen Says Jews Should ‘Sacrifice’ Kippah To Fight Radical Islam
Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Front party, has a message for French Jews: stop wearing kippahs if you want to join the fight against radical Islam. “I mainly think the struggle against radical Islam should be a joint struggle and everyone should say, ‘There, we are sacrificing something,’” she told Israel’s…
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Community A Radically Egalitarian Jewish Wedding
It is a dark time for many Americans. The election of Donald Trump, coupled with Republican domination of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the vast majority of state legislatures threaten much of the progress many demographics, such as women and LGBT people have achieved not only during the Obama years but over the past several…
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Fast Forward Czech Subway Worker Threatened To ‘Cut Off’ Kippah-Wearing Rider’s Head
— The company operating Prague’s subway is investigating a complaint alleging one of its employees threatened to “cut off the head” of a Jewish passenger wearing a kippah. The incident was reported last week by a member of Prague’s Bejt Simcha Reform Community, Petr Papousek, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic, told JTA Tuesday….
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Community My Grocery Aisle Encounter with the New Age of Anti-Semitism
“That’s a big f**king yarmulke,” says a voice coming from behind me. I’m shopping at a Fairway supermarket in Manhattan and turn around to face a white man in his thirties sporting a blonde crew cut. “Excuse me?” I ask. I’m holding onto a shopping cart full of groceries for a dinner my community prepares…
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