Hold On To Your Hat: Toupée-Like “Magic” Yarmulke Aims To Hoodwink Anti-Semites

Though avoiding needless confontation is a worthy goal, I’m not sure what this says about standing up for one’sdeeply-held beliefs:

An Israeli barber has fashioned what he calls “magic” yarmulkes out of hair, designed to allow religious Jews to cover their heads without attracting unwanted attention from anti-Semites.

Shalom Koresh said his skullcap, known as a yarmulke in Yiddish and a kippa in Hebrew, was inspired by rising anti-Semitism in Europe and elsewhere. He said he has seen particular...