Tag: Kipah
Jewish great awakening follows Oct. 7 terror attacks
Those who experience the trauma of losing a friend or loved one or seeing them injured in a violent conflict often become more religious, according to research that U.S., Canadian, Czech and German researchers published in...
On visible and invisible Jews
During the middle days of the Sukkot festival, small groups of haredi kids can be seen wandering along the thoroughfares of New York City’s Upper West Side, asking passersby whether they are Jewish. If the answer...
Hamburg public prosecutor blames mental illness for attack on Jewish student
The American Jewish Committee is demanding the Hamburg public prosecutor’s office to reconsider its ruling that an anti-Semitic attack on a German Jewish student was due to mental illness.
Last October, a 26-year-old German Jewish student wearing...
Jewish family in Texas converts kipahs to face masks for homeless community
A Jewish family in Houston is turning kipahs into face masks for their town’s homeless population to wear during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Jason family has already collected nearly 700 from donations and has dubbed their campaign “Kippahs to...
British police arrest man harassing Jewish kids on London train
A man was arrested by British police over the weekend after two Jewish children were verbally harassed on London’s Underground.
He was videotaped on Friday reading anti-Jewish Bible passages to two young boys wearing Jewish kipahs while...
Top this? Presidential candidates get covered in Yiddishkeit
Along with giving out kipot to put on one’s head, Marc Daniels, a published author and the director of an independent marketing and consulting company, is also seeking to get wearers and non-wearers—from presidential...
Jewish man donning ‘kipah’ insulted, spat on in Germany
A 25-year-old Jewish man was insulted and spat on in front the Potsdam Central Station by two Syrian nationals, reported German daily Berliner Zeitung on Tuesday.
The student, who told German press agency DPA that he wears...