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or kippa
plural kippahs or kippas or kippot
ˌkē-ˈpōt 
: yarmulke
Goldberg attends a Conservative synagogue and one of her three children wears a kippah.—
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Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, a Mauritanian national, has been hit with hate crime and terrorism charges for the Oct. 26 attack in which he is accused of shooting a 39-year-old Jewish man who was wearing a kippah while walking to his synagogue in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
Children greeted each other with bright smiles that lit up the room, each wearing their kippah with pride.
—Adam Kolodkin, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
Debra Silverstein, of the city’s 50th Ward, previously said the victim was wearing a kippah, a traditional Jewish head covering also known as a yarmulke, at the time of the attack.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2024
Davidson donned a kippah and talked to the synagogue about the championship and the history of the Rangers.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
Debra Silverstein, of the city’s 50th Ward, had previously said the victim was wearing a kippah at the time of the attack and noted the community where the shooting took place, West Rogers Park, has a large Orthodox Jewish population.
—Nbc Chicago, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Police say Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, shot a 39-year-old man who was wearing a kippah head covering and walking to synagogue Saturday morning in the West Rogers Park neighborhood, north of the city's downtown area.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The victim, an Orthodox Jewish man, was wearing a kippah while walking to his synagogue.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
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On a sunny weekday afternoon, young men proudly wear their kippahs at stands selling etrog – a citrus fruit used to observe this week’s Sukkot holiday.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
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Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
Children greeted each other with bright smiles that lit up the room, each wearing their kippah with pride.
—Adam Kolodkin, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
Debra Silverstein, of the city’s 50th Ward, previously said the victim was wearing a kippah, a traditional Jewish head covering also known as a yarmulke, at the time of the attack.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2024
Davidson donned a kippah and talked to the synagogue about the championship and the history of the Rangers.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
Debra Silverstein, of the city’s 50th Ward, had previously said the victim was wearing a kippah at the time of the attack and noted the community where the shooting took place, West Rogers Park, has a large Orthodox Jewish population.
—Nbc Chicago, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Police say Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, shot a 39-year-old man who was wearing a kippah head covering and walking to synagogue Saturday morning in the West Rogers Park neighborhood, north of the city's downtown area.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The victim, an Orthodox Jewish man, was wearing a kippah while walking to his synagogue.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
Recommended After hurricanes, FEMA confronts a different kind of flood: Misinformation
On a sunny weekday afternoon, young men proudly wear their kippahs at stands selling etrog – a citrus fruit used to observe this week’s Sukkot holiday.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Kippah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kippah. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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