I am a librarian at a Reform congregation. The library has a collection of kippot from bar/bat mitzvah and wedding celebrations. I don't know the practice of individuals. In classes some wear a kippah and some don't. I was hoping to do an historical analysis of styles, but I don't have enough kippot from before 2000 to make any worthwhile observations.
In the past couple of weeks we have been cleaning out the building. We found hundreds of kippot that ba'al simhat just left in the building. I gave away a few hundred dark colored ones. The others were just pitched. No one outside of a bat/bar mitzvah event would wear a pink or silver kippah. I gave a few to men my age at my orthodox shul. I offered some to a teenager who wore that kind of kippah. He examined them carefully and then said they're more than 10 years old. That's too old to wear. The kipport looked new. For you question 6 " When was the practice of wearing knitted or patterned kippot begun in North America? " I am hoping to study this topic. After Israeli Independence youngsters started wearing blue and white kippot. Before the late 1960's very few people wore kippot in public. Observant men would wear a hat in public and put on a kipah when indoors. In Germany Orthodox men would put on kippot when studying Jewish texts, but not during general studies. I hope that helps. On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 11:01 PM Lisa Silverman via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Hi safranim, > I am co-editor of the AJL children's book reviews and have noticed a trend > but I need someone who knows more about this to comment, please. > > It seems that children's illustrators are putting kippot on most of the > men and boys in Jewish-themed books, and I assume it is to make them > acceptable to all denominations. But I find this a rather false narrative > in many of these books. > > For instance, there is a lovely new picture book about Rabbi Joachim > Prinz and how he was a civil rights activist and spoke at the March on > Washington, but he is wearing a very visible kippah there at the Lincoln > Memorial, and photos of him at the time do not reflect that. Here are my > questions for anyone who can help--- and certainly one person would not > have to answer all of them-- > > > 1. Would Joachim Prinz be wearing a kippa at any time in public? > 2. Do any Jews affiliated with the Reform or Progressive movements > ever wear kippot in public? > 3. Do Reform Jews wear kippot at all times in the synagogue? Do they > have kids wear them at Hebrew school? > 4. Would a book be too confusing to children if some men at, say, a > sukkot gathering, wear a kippah and some do not? > 5. Do Orthodox or more observant denominations only buy picture books > if all the men and boys wear kippot? Or do they not buy picture books from > secular publishers anyway? > 6. When was the practice of wearing knitted or patterned kippot begun > in North America? > > > > thank you in advance for any light that can be shed on this! > > *Lisa Silverman* > *Co-editor, AJL News and Reviews* > *Curator, Jewish Journal Streaming Guide* > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!lp98IEuUT7FCeGZITruMovug4wVxW7_pehM2lj9qWcZasKXc7wLQDKife8qLbRSj4L6TryWGldILZaI$ > > Earlier Listserver: > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!lp98IEuUT7FCeGZITruMovug4wVxW7_pehM2lj9qWcZasKXc7wLQDKife8qLbRSj4L6TryWGAEWvBAA$ > > AJL HomePage > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.JewishLibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!lp98IEuUT7FCeGZITruMovug4wVxW7_pehM2lj9qWcZasKXc7wLQDKife8qLbRSj4L6TryWGZHLSoJI$ > > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > -- Daniel D. Stuhlman Chicago, IL dstuhlman at gmail.com Blog: Kol Safran <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://kol-safran.blogspot.com/__;!!KGKeukY!lp98IEuUT7FCeGZITruMovug4wVxW7_pehM2lj9qWcZasKXc7wLQDKife8qLbRSj4L6TryWGex2g0fU$ > LinkedIn profile.https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-d-stuhlman-b49a187/__;!!KGKeukY!lp98IEuUT7FCeGZITruMovug4wVxW7_pehM2lj9qWcZasKXc7wLQDKife8qLbRSj4L6TryWGrk5YHIs$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-d-stuhlman-b49a187/__;!!KGKeukY!lp98IEuUT7FCeGZITruMovug4wVxW7_pehM2lj9qWcZasKXc7wLQDKife8qLbRSj4L6TryWGrk5YHIs$ >
__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
