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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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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
The man wears a kippah and his wife’s hair is covered.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Their baby’s head is also covered—by a giant kippah.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Additional video showed an egg thrown at a pro-Palestinian activist and a man wearing a keffiyeh, a traditional Palestinian scarf, chased and punched on the ground by a man wearing a Jewish yarmulke or kippah.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 24 June 2024
Falter was returning from a Saturday synagogue service and was wearing a kippah, or skullcap.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 21 Apr. 2024
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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
The man wears a kippah and his wife’s hair is covered.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Their baby’s head is also covered—by a giant kippah.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Additional video showed an egg thrown at a pro-Palestinian activist and a man wearing a keffiyeh, a traditional Palestinian scarf, chased and punched on the ground by a man wearing a Jewish yarmulke or kippah.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 24 June 2024
Falter was returning from a Saturday synagogue service and was wearing a kippah, or skullcap.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 21 Apr. 2024
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“Kippah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kippah. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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