(JTA) — Israel’s new prime minister is probably the first one who has stuck a wad of chewing gum to his head right before a public event. Naftali Bennett, who took office this week, is the first prime ...

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I have been considering a major Jewish life style change. I have been considering wearing a kippah full time. That was not part of my Jewish childhood. Quite the contrary. I have no memory of ever ...

Yeshiva students around the world grew up knowing that the most available and useful tool that they possessed was the one that held their kippah onto their head - the kippah clip. Now an Israeli from ...

Clothing worn by Jews usually varies according to which denomination of Judaism they adhere to. Orthodox Jewish men always cover their heads by wearing a skullcap known in Hebrew as a kippah or in ...

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 ...

The Israel Football Association released updated guidelines on Thursday, in which they forbid religious soccer players from wearing a kippah (yarmulke) on the field. The ruling came during discussion ...

As a Jew, I want the bigots and their victims alike to know that I stand with the outsiders, an editor writes. SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — I do not like wearing a kippah. I grew up in a Reform synagogue ...

Bild is a tabloid, a German daily newspaper best-known for blaring headlines, fleshy photos and breathless coverage of gossip and scandals. But this week, the newspaper ran a kippah on its front page: ...

Within two weeks of the Oct. 27 Pittsburgh massacre, the following incidents were reported in New York City: • Six teens hurled a pole through a Brooklyn synagogue window during evening prayers. • A ...

The new Israeli prime minister is Orthodox, and his adhesive of choice for his kippah is a product invented by a 65-year-old bus driver living in a suburb of Tel Aviv. (JTA) — Israel’s new prime ...