'As long as there are knitted kippot, the throne [of God] is not whole. That’s Amalek. When will the throne be whole? When there is no knitted kippah. Are these people even Jews?' Rabbi Shalom Cohen, ...

Do you have a kippah basket in your house? Or maybe it’s a box. If it’s anything like the ones I’ve seen it’s an eclectic mix of kippot, waiting for the errant Shabbat guest or those “mommy, where’s ...

The IDF Chief of Staff and the Defense Minister decided to appoint Brigadier General Eliezer Toledano to the position of Southern Regional Commander, and he will be promoted to the rank of Major ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Shas rabbi who called the Modern Orthodox community “Amalek” was referring only to politicians who represent that community, said the party’s spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef ...

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Pew may have data on what Israeli kippahs mean, but JTA has the definitive breakdown of Jewish head coverings. The Pew Research Center this week repackaged its recent findings on Israeli Jews into an ...

A Jewish student at a Maryland high school was asked to prove that he wore a yarmulke for religious reasons. Caleb Tanenbaum, 17, was asked by the administration of Northwood High School in Silver ...