Maybe non-Jews are not as fascinated by the tiny red hats that the cardinals wear. But for those of us who are used to skullcaps in a different context, it’s deeply confusing.

In northern Italy, Jews had to wear a yellow, round badge in the 15th century and a yellow hat in the 16th century. The reason typically given was that they were unrecognizable from the rest of ...

Above all, understand this: antisemitism is not a Jewish problem. It is a human problem. Wherever Jew-hatred was allowed to ...

Culture Cardinals are Catholic, not Jewish — so why do they all wear yarmulkes? The cardinals gathering to elect the next pope are all wearing familiar small hats A Red Sea of yarmulkes, if you ...

The true aim of forcing Jews to wear emblems was not merely to identify them, as authorities claimed, but to target them.

Jewish Journal editor, Jessica Tzikas recounts her first five months on the job and what she has seen from the Jewish ...

Some Jewish Americans told CNN they are now hiding their kippahs, refusing to wear their Star of David necklaces and changing long-held traditions for religious holidays.

JERUSALEM — This is my first Yom Kippur in exile. The crisp Moscow autumn air; the illuminated synagogue which I called home for 30 years; my white hat and kittel, the robe Jews wear on the High ...

I try to be a good ambassador for Judaism out in the world, but wearing my religion on my sleeve (or my head, or on my plate) gets tricky.

Clearly, then, Jews were recognizable from Christians in other ways. The true aim of forcing Jews to wear emblems was not merely to “identify” them, as authorities claimed, but to target them.