Washington Heights, where I teach regularly, is an extremely windy location.  My bobby pin is greatly challenged holding my yarmulke onto my, fairly short, hair.  Holding my yarmulke on, picking it up and chasing it down Amsterdam Avenue, has made me think about it a little more.  The word yarmulke, is made up of two Aramaic words, “yarei” and “malka,” which mean “fear of the King.” This name expresses one ...

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