Yarmulke Kippa
Monday, October 26th, 2009Yarmulke Kippa
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 6.3" Velvet Kippah Kippa Yarmulke Yarmulka Jewish Religious Hat Head Cap,Judaica  US $.99
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I know this is a stupid question, but can an Atheist 20 year-old guy wear a Jewish yarmulke kippa on campus?
Okay, I go to Tulane, which is called by many as "Jewlane" because nearly 40% of the kids here are Jewish.
And I've always been fascinated by Jewish culture and dress and food and I think Jewish princesses have such nice eyes!
Anyway, I was considering buying a kippa on eBay here:
http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=jewish+skullcap&_sacat=0&_trksid=m270&_odkw=skullcap&_osacat=0
But if I started wearing one around, do you think people will assume I am a Jewish convert?
I forgot to add that I'm Bangladeshi...so Indian-looking...will they stare at me?
I'm Jewish. You've probably seen more Jews than I do..I live and grew up in Arkansas.
I wouldn't assume you were a convert, and that probably woudn't enter my mind but I would definitely assume that you were an observant Jew to be wearing a kippah.
Jews aren't a race and there are Jews of every race. Judaism has been multiracial since the days of the writing of the Torah. There are Indian Jews since the time of Maro Polo..the Cochin I believe is that particular Jewish ethnic group. ( edit: I just looked up and there is more than one Indian Jewish ethnicity : The Jews of India aren't one singular community. Among themselves they are divided into different communities. Each community has its own different culture, background and origin. Each community claims its arrival in India in different ways and it is not always clear how they really came to India. The three main Jewish communities of India are: Bene Israel, Cochini and Baghdadi. Besides there were Ashkenazi Jews and a community in east India which claim Israeli origin and call themselves Bne Menashe )
Yarmulke is the nameof the cap in Yiddish. Kippah is the Hebrew word for it.
If you wear one around campus and then it is discovered by other Jews that you're not a Jew wearing it..THEN they'd stare at you in wondering why you're wearing it?
Is it just because you think they look cool? Try to choose a different variation of cap if you're not hoping to be mistaken for being Jewish..but more importantly, for being a religiously observant Jew. In a synagogue, most males will be wearing a kippah, Jew or non Jew in attendance. Outside of a synagogue, the more religiously observant Jews are those who will be wearing them. ( Well, sometimes you have others who WANT people to think they're Jews who wear them, too)
Hmm..so, Tulane has a lot of Jewish kids. That may be a school I might want to consider suggesting to my isolated Jewish son in six years 
He's only one of 3 Jewish students in a school of more than 750 students...and out of 4,000 in the school district, there are five Jewish students.
I've never been fond of that phrase "Jewish princesses"..first of all, I suppose growing up where I did, I've never met anyone who fit that stereotype, and its rather insulting to boot. It always appeared to me to fit a form of affectation found in some New York cultural social circles rather than being something created in Judaism.
New Yorkers are like foreigners to this Arkie..anyway. 
