In Each Generation…

By Nolan Lebovitz
Published on March 21, 2013

Honoring Daniel Pearl with music

By Ryan Torok
Published on October 17, 2012

“Open your mind, and you will see the garden of the world.” Fifth- through eighth-grade students from New Horizon School, a Muslim day school in Pasadena, sang these words loudly and in unison from the stage of the Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center, while a boy in the audience, whose head was covered in an oversized kippah, played air-guitar to the rhythm of the song.

In Scandinavia, kipah becomes a symbol of defiance for Malmo’s Jews

Published on September 24, 2012

Across Scandinavia, the kipah is becoming a symbol of Jewish defiance. On Sunday, about 70 Danish Jews took a double-decker bus from Copenhagen on a 10-mile bridge across the Strait of Øresund, on the Baltic Sea, to go to Malmo in a show of solidarity with the embattled Jews of that Swedish city. All the men on the bus wore kipahs, a rarity in Scandinavia.

Marine Le Pen: Wearing kipahs should be banned

Published on September 21, 2012

French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen said she supports a ban on wearing kipahs in public in addition to a ban on Muslim headscarves.

Matisyahu’s newest look: No kippah [VIDEO]

Published on June 5, 2012

Md. student asked to defend wearing kippah

Published on February 2, 2012

A Jewish student at a Maryland high school was asked to prove that he wore a yarmulke for religious reasons.

Head games: Jordanians tell Israelis to keep out kipot

Published on October 28, 2010

Israelis have been asked to leave their yarmulkes at the border when entering Jordan, an Israeli news site reported.

Customs Kippah

By Joel Chasnoff
Published on June 3, 2009

VideoGuide to L.A. - Volume 3 - Jewish L.A.

By Jay Firestone
Published on October 16, 2008

There’s a Lot About Eilat That’s Hot

By Marisa S. Katz
Published on May 4, 2006

The shores of Eilat, Israel's southernmost city, are densely populated with sun-kissed foreigners from around the world. Here, on the crimson-colored shoreline hugging the Red Sea, everything appears uncomplicated and picturesque -- exactly the way a resort town should.

Putin Visit Stirs Conflicting Opinions

By Lev Krichevsky
Published on May 5, 2005

There were important issues on the agenda when Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Israel last week. Still, Russian newspapers seemed most impressed that Putin -- the first Russian or Soviet leader to visit the Jewish state -- wore a kippah on his head when he visited Yad Vashem.

Eleven Things to Know Before You Go

By Rabbi Daniel Kohn
Published on August 7, 2003

Congratulations! You have been invited to the bar/bat mitzvah of a friend or family member. Now what?

It Beats a Button

By Jewish Journal Staff
Published on January 30, 2003

Who says politics and religion don't mix? Modern Orthodox Jews eager to capitalize and promote the campaign are selling yarmulkes that say "Lieberman 2004 President."

The Mayor’s Eyes and Ears

By Mike Levy
Published on September 6, 2001

Jennifer Stein wears two hats at City Hall. You could say one of them is a kippah.

The recent Stanford University grad, 23, is the South Valley Area director in Mayor James Hahn's Office of the Neighborhood Advocate. She is also Hahn's liaison to the Jewish community.

Campaign Kippah

By Sherry Shameer
Published on October 12, 2000

The red-and-white lettering that reads GORE-LIEBERMAN 2000 is already on signs, bumper stickers and buttons. But thanks to Marsha Greenberg of Stamford, Conn., vice-presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman has it stitched on his kippah.

Selling AWACS to China

By Eric Silver
Published on April 27, 2000

Chinese President Jiang Zemin donned his black kippah and followed in Pope John Paul II's footsteps to the Western Wall last week, confident that the world's biggest atheistic state would soon receive a $250 million airborne surveillance system from Israel Aircraft Industries on schedule. Despite intense American pressure to cancel the deal, the signs are that he will receive the other three or four AWACS he also wants to buy.