"I was walking home from a #Shabbat morning service, wearing a #kippah and carrying my #tallit bag in my urbane, diverse #NewJersey town, when a pickup truck slowed down beside me. The driver rolled down his window and yelled something. I won’t repeat it here, but I can say with certainty it was not “#ShabbatShalom.”

Why? Because of a small piece of fabric on my large, bald head.

My truck-driving antagonist was in good company. On social media, bigots will refer to #Jews as “the little hat people.”

"...During the 1968 #NewYorkCity school teachers’ strike, which aroused #antisemitism, an announcer on radio station WBAI-FM read a poem written by a school child, dedicated to #AlbertShanker, the Jewish head of the teachers’ union: “Hey, #Jew boy, with that #yarmulke on your head/You pale-faced Jew-boy, I wish you were dead.” Shanker, in fact, did not wear a yarmulke."

https://religionnews.com/2026/01/08/jews-and-hats-a-thousand-year-old-love-story/

"I do not feel safe wearing a #kippah because I fear that to many #Australians this would be interpreted as a sign that I support #Israel. I do not want people to make assumptions about my politics based on my appearance. And, more prosaically, in terms of my fear, I do not want to be shouted at when I’m going to the shops. I do not feel safe wearing a kippah because all of my life I’ve overheard non-#Jewish people sharing #antisemitic #conspiracytheories. Greedy, cheap, power hungry, in control of the media. A host of conscious and unconscious biases inform how people react to #Jews – to wear a kippah is to invite these reactions.

And, finally, I do not feel safe wearing a kippah because I know there are people who want to murder Jews – and I know also that, despite everything, there are many who simply seem unable to accept this as fact."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2025/dec/30/what-would-it-take-for-me-to-feel-safe-wearing-a-kippah-after-bondi-ntwnfb

Shavua tov from Sprockles

#Cats #Sprocket #ThreeLeggedCat #CatsOfMastodon #CatsInHats #Kippah

The #Legault gov intends 2 renew use of controversial #NotwithstandingClause 2 override #FundamentalRights & shield its #StateSecularism law, #Bill21, from court challenges
Bill 21 was adopted in June 2019. The gov invoked the clause, valid for 5 yrs, in order 2 override fundamental rights & impose ban on persons in positions o authority like judges, police officers & teachers from wearng #ReligiousSymbols such as a #hijab, #crucifix, #turban or #kippah while on the job

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/legault-government-intends-to-renew-notwithstanding-clause-on-bill-21#Echobox=1707315387

#idw Mehr als 2000 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler unterzeichnen offenen Brief gegen #Antisemitismus

Der Antisemitismus in Deutschland hat seit dem Terrorangriff der #Hamas auf #Israel vom 7. Oktober in einem besorgniserregenden Ausmaß zugenommen. Wer #Davidstern oder #Kippah trägt, riskiert angegriffen zu werden. Kein Symbol anderer Religionen ruft in Deutschland solche Reaktionen hervor. 
https://idw-online.de/de/news825446

Going to have a bath. But before that I must google, “alternatives for #kippah” because I honestly am not going to use tape to stick one to my bald head.

#Mazeldon #Jewdiverse #Giur