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A participant of the "Thuringia wears kippa" rally wears a kippa in Erfurt, central Germany, on April 25, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Bodo Schackow)
April 25, 2018, 6:29 pm
German Jews, non-Jews hold kippah-wearing protest against wave of anti-Semitism
2,000 march in German cities a day after Jewish leader warns against wearing religious symbols for fear of attack; one small protest cancelled after participants assaulted
By Agencies
Illustrative: A man wears a yarmulke as he takes part in a silent march to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogroms, Nov. 9, 2013 in Berlin. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images/JTA)
March 11, 2015, 10:53 am
Europe’s incognito yarmulke journalists
Amid growing anti-Semitism, undercover kippah-wearing reporters have been taking to the streets to document abuse
By Gabe Friedman
A screen capture of Swedish reporter Peter Ljunggren speaking with a man espousing anti-Semitic views in the documentary film "Jewish hatred in Malmo." (screen capture: YouTube)
January 24, 2015, 9:50 pm
Kippa-wearing Swedish reporter assaulted in Malmo
Journalist cursed at, hit while wearing skull cap, Jewish star in streets of heavily Muslim city
By JTA
Berlin residents wear kippot in solidarity with a local rabbi who was brutally attacked in August 2013 (photo credit: AP/Michael Gottschalk)
September 13, 2012, 6:45 pm
German police to investigate Jewish officer who wore kippa while in uniform
Haifa-born Tuvia Schlesinger, who has been serving in the Berlin police for 32 years, said to have violated the force's neutrality rules in showing solidarity with the local Jewish community
By Raphael Ahren
August 28, 2012, 5:31 pm
From Sweden with hatred
Many might regard it as an indictment of a society when citizens feel the need to parade in the streets just to claim their right to exist
By Ilya Meyer
An illustrative photo of the Malmö Synagogue in Sweden. (photo credit: CC BY-SA jorchr, Wikimedia)
August 17, 2012, 11:23 pm
Swedish solidarity ‘kippah walk’ unites Jews, non-Jews
Responding to increase in anti-Semitic incidents, Jews and non-Jews will march with heads covered and held high in Malmö
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