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kipa

[kee-pah]

noun

Hebrew.

plural

kipoth, kipot, kipos. 
,

plural

kipas .
  1. yarmulke.



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“We had Jews beaten and brutalized in broad daylight in Midtown Manhattan, in Brooklyn, in the Diamond District. What was remarkable about it was people acted with impunity. These were Jewish people wearing a kipa or who were visibly Orthodox being assaulted for being Jews, and that is brand-new.”

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“We can walk the street with a kipa on, eat kosher, host lectures about Judaism and enter any place we want without any looks or comments,” said Elie Abadie, senior rabbi of the Jewish Council of the Emirates, an organization that acts as a bridge between Emirati officials and the Jewish community.

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Daniel, who wears a kipa, has come home with a bloodied face after an antisemitic aggression.

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“Marcus has a man bun so he actually cut a half circle out of a leather kipa to make it fit,” Ms. Abrams said.

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Mr. Moss also had a special kipa made for the occasion.

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