skullcap

Pope Francis skullcap fetches $18,000 in online auction

By David Gibson — April 27, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Not too shabby for an item linked to one of the world's sharpest critics of unfettered capitalism.

To wear, or not to wear? French Jews wrestle with the yarmulke amid growing fears

By Elizabeth Bryant — January 13, 2016
PARIS (RNS) France’s half-a-million Jews ponder the question after a skullcap-wearing Jewish schoolteacher in Marseille was attacked Monday (Jan. 11) by a Kurdish teenager claiming allegiance to the Islamic State.

COMMENTARY: Does refusal to wear a skullcap signal disrespect?

By Jeffrey Weiss — October 14, 2013
(RNS) Last week, the Greek prime minister got dinged for showing insufficient respect for Judaism. It’s possible his critics have it exactly backwards.
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