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A delegation of Chicago faith leaders meet with Pope Leo XIV on May 28, 2026. (Courtesy of Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media)
June 3, 2026, 8:08 am
Gifting Pope Leo a White Sox kippa, Chicago rabbi thanks him for words on Gaza war
Lizzi Heydemann thanks pontiff, who called for release of hostages while denouncing Israel’s military campaign, for ‘holding the humanity of Israelis and Palestinians in the same breath’
By Grace Gilson
Alex Sinclair in an undated photo and his kippa before and after a Palestinian flag was cut out of it, as pictured on April 23, 2026. (Alex Sinclair/Courtesy)
April 25, 2026, 11:34 am
UK-born Israeli whose coexistence kippa was carved up by police asks ‘what is in store for us’
After being detained for wearing a head covering featuring Israeli and Palestinian flags, writer and peace activist Alex Sinclair warns against letting the country descend into illiberalism
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Alex Sinclair's kippa before, left, and the mutilated kippa with the Palestinian flag removed after being detained, as pictured on April 23, 2026. (Alex Sinclair/Facebook)
April 23, 2026, 10:47 pm
Police detain Modiin man for wearing kippa with Israeli, Palestinian flags, cut out the Palestinian one
‘Now it was being banned from my head, my religious identity itself,’ Alex Sinclair says, filing complaint against officers who falsely claim displaying Palestinian flag is illegal
By ToI Staff
A screen capture from an ad about antisemitism that aired on French television on July 14, 2024. (LICRA)
July 30, 2024, 1:58 am
In France, primetime ad shows Jewish family forced to hide identity due to antisemitism
The commercial moved many of its millions of viewers to tears, but angered others who said it was superficial and avoided pointing a finger at those to blame
By Canaan Lidor
A screenshot from video released by the Campaign Against Antisemitism shows a London Metropolitan Police officer threatening the CAA's Gideon Falter with arrest because his presence is "antagonizing" to pro-Palestinian demonstrators at an anti-Israel march in London, April 13, 2024. (X video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 20, 2024, 1:11 am
London cops apologize for implying Jewish man’s kippa ‘provoked’ anti-Israel crowd
Filmed incident of officer stopping man in yarmulke from approaching pro-Palestinian march, while ‘openly Jewish’ remark escalates into media blunder for police
By ToI Staff and Canaan Lidor
Rabbi Abraham Cooper attends the morning prayers at the Bahrain synagogue, June 25, 2019. (Raphael Ahren/TOI)
March 12, 2024, 10:48 pm
Riyadh says demand that US delegation chair remove kippah an ‘unfortunate incident’
Saudi Embassy in DC says request was made of Rabbi Abraham Cooper, chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, due to ‘misunderstanding of internal protocols’
By Jacob Magid and AFP
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, center, of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, speaks in front of civic and faith leaders outside City Hall, May 20, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
March 12, 2024, 3:02 am
US government delegation cuts short Saudi trip after rabbi is asked to remove kippah
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, who chairs the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, says ‘no one should be denied access to a heritage site… simply for existing as a Jew’
By AFP
Cyrille Cohen reacts on the French CNews program. (Screen capture/Twitter)
December 9, 2022, 6:16 pm
In viral clip, Jewish French TV host berates guest for wearing a kippa in public
Elisabeth Levy, a secular right-wing journalist, tells Bar Ilan professor Cyrille Cohen that he should keep religion to himself; latter says he’s Israeli and doesn’t plan to do so
By David I. Klein
French Junior Minister for Gender Equality Elisabeth Moreno speaks during a press briefing following the weekly cabinet meeting on Nov. 25, 2020 in Paris. ( Ludovic Marin / POOL via AP)
February 10, 2022, 4:13 pm
French minister throws support behind women soccer players in headscarf ban fight
Equality Minister Elisabeth Moreno backs Muslim players seeking to overturn ban under rules that also proscribe the kippah
By AFP
Illustrative: Men wearing kippas are seen at the synagogue in Halle, eastern Germany, on October 10, 2019, one day after the antisemitic attack where two people were shot dead. (Ronny Hartmann/AFP)
August 24, 2021, 12:55 am
Man wearing kippa beaten by a group of 10 in Cologne, Germany
Police arrest two teenage suspects in apparent antisemitic hate crime; victim leaves hospital after overnight treatment
By Toby Axelrod
Naftali Bennett, in 2014, gives a speech holding his kippa to his head. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
June 17, 2021, 4:12 am
Bubblegum and magic tape: How PM Bennett’s kippa stays on, and why it matters
The new prime minister is the first to regularly wear a head covering, identifying as a Modern Orthodox Jew, a stark shift from Israel’s secular founding fathers
By Ben Sales
A man with a Jewish kippa (Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images, JTA)
May 22, 2021, 12:53 am
As Gaza conflict triggers antisemitism, some US Jews hide religious symbols
Jews across the United States have been attacked because of the fighting in the Middle East; national Jewish groups urge Biden to call out such antisemitism
By Shira Hanau, Ben Sales and Ron Kampeas
David Schoen, right, arrives prior to the start of opening arguments on the second day of Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, at the US Capitol, February 10, 2021. (Joshua Roberts/Pool/Getty Images)
February 11, 2021, 11:38 pm
Day after covering head with hand, Trump lawyer wears kippa at impeachment trial
David Schoen opts to don head covering on Senate floor, after explosion of social media questions over solution he found to going yarmulke-less
By Ron Kampeas
Former US president Donald Trump's impeachment lawyer David Schoen covering his hand with his head before drinking water during a Senate hearing in Washington, DC, February 9, 2021. (Screen Capture from CNN live broadcast via JTA)
February 10, 2021, 7:42 am
Why did Trump’s impeachment lawyer keep putting his hand on his head?
While David Schoen tried to avoid calling attention to his Jewishness by wearing kippa, his halachically questionable way of reciting a blessing before drinking water did just that
By LAURA E. ADKINS and Ron Kampeas
In this Oct. 4, 2020, photo police officers stand at the cordoned-off crime scene outside the synagogue in Hamburg, Germany, that was the scene of an attack (Jonas Walzberg/dpa via AP)
October 5, 2020, 12:57 pm
German officials express outrage over attack on Jewish student outside synagogue
Justice minister says hate against Jews is a ‘disgrace’ for the country; kippa-wearing victim, 26, taken to the hospital with a ‘significant head injury’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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