yarmulke
Rabbi, religious freedom delegation end Saudi trip early after yarmulke incident
By Adelle M. Banks — March 12, 2024
(RNS) — ‘No one should be denied access to a heritage site, especially one intended to highlight unity and progress, simply for existing as a Jew,’ said Rabbi Abraham Cooper.
International basketball rule change allows players to wear religious headgear
By Alan Baldwin — May 4, 2017
(REUTERS) The new rule overturns a 20-year prohibition.
Gaza tailor makes prayer caps for Jewish worshippers
By Reuters — March 13, 2017
GAZA (Reuters) It's not easy doing business from Gaza but tailor Mohammad Abu Shanab has found a demand he can supply – his sewing factory is churning out religious skull caps, for devout Jewish men.
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.
German Jews advised to shun skullcaps in Muslim areas
By Reuters — February 26, 2015
BERLIN (REUTERS) Josef Schuster of the Central Council of Jews said Jews should not hide out of fear but that in some areas it was better not to be recognized.
Sikhs say Pentagon rules on religious attire don’t go far enough
By Adelle M. Banks — January 23, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) “They’ve learned to live with the repeal of DADT (Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell) and so I think they can get along very well with yarmulkes and beards,” said Rabbi Sanford Dresin, director of military programs for the Florida-based Aleph Institute.
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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