And in Rome, home to Italy’s largest Jewish population, I found a thriving community.Ī cobblestone avenue in the old Jewish ghetto is lined with 10 kosher establishments serving traditional Italian dishes and Israeli food. In Florence, I went to Ruth’s kosher restaurant, my old haunt, only to find there were no empty tables - though they were mostly filled with tourists. In Milan, a Chabad rabbi strode smiling through the central train station fully clad in hat, coat and beard. Italians, they said, had no beef with their Jewish neighbors. When Italian Jews did mention local anti-Semitism, they dismissed it as either a fringe phenomenon or tied it to recent events in Israel. Over the course of a week, I met with Jews of all stripes in three cities - not one suggested I hide my head covering or told me to watch out.Īn armored car and a soldier sat outside major synagogues, but they weren’t guarding a frightened community. Instead, I found a surprising self-confidence among Italian Jews that had been absent in my visits to Paris, Madrid and Kiev, Ukraine. I decided to use myself as a test subject: I kept on my kippah and waited to see what would happen. Would Italy be the same? Reports of anti-Semitism, after all, had risen there, too. In recent years, strong anecdotal evidence, data on rising anti-Semitism and urgings from European Jews had convinced me to take off my kippah while on the continent. But from a Florentine street of Arab merchants to the northern city of Cremona, no Italian ever seemed to treat me worse for being Jewish.īack in Italy this week for work, I wanted to see if things had changed. I was physically or verbally accosted that year in Barcelona, Budapest, Paris and Prague. I’m still relieved it didn’t burn down.īut one thing I never experienced was anti-Semitism, even as I wore my kippah everywhere, every day. He dropped me at my hostel, blocks away from his synagogue.Īnd at the end of my semester, my Jewish classmate and I made the stunningly idiotic decision, eight nights in a row, to prop up a lit menorah on a can of liquid plaster on the second floor of a centuries-old palazzo. Lost in Rome one Friday afternoon, a Smart car pulled up alongside me, a 17-year-old leaned out the window and, in Hebrew, invited me to jump in. Running late for a train one morning in Florence, I decided the best course of action would be to lay tefillin in the janitor’s closet at the station, only to have a policeman threaten to arrest me for trespassing. Kindly email us with your needed time frame prior to ordering.During my four months studying in Italy in the fall of 2007, you could say I had more than my fair share of strange Jewish experiences. Larger volume orders will take longer to make and ship. I am not affiliated with or sponsored by the NCCA or the related team.Each product is hand-crafted, made to order and ships generally in 3 to 7 business. It is however, handcrafted from NCCA licensed fabric. TuffBags / Racheltreasures's college university Yarmulkes are perfect for your sports fan, Shabbat, Jewish Camp Hebrew School Bar Mitzvah gift, Passover, host/hostess gift, or any simcha. Each kippah is individually hand-crafted out of the official NCCA team logos cotton fabric and is completely lined with 100 % cotton. Please note: your kippah may vary a bit from the stock pictures. Traditional, standard style that sits on the back of your head, fully line with 4 panels of your favorite team.
Toddler size: approximately 6.5" diameter, 9" from one side over the top to the other side circumference 20"ġ00% high quality designer sports fabrics fully lined with plain coordinating fabric. No clips are needed for my gorgeous kippahs that fit great on most heads! The NCCA college or university yarmulke is a traditional style, fitting nicely on the back of the head. Michigan Ohio Arizona Kent Iowa Oklahoma Kansas Illinois regular size: kippah is approximately 8" diameter, 11" from one side over the top to another, fitting most kids from age 3 through adults. Michigan Syracuse Washington Oregon Ohio Arizona West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Tennessee Mississippi Vanderbilt Alabama Baylor Southern California UCLA Georgia Tech Northwestern Maryland Missouri Louisville Oklahoma Wisconsin Texas A & M Auburn Kansas Louisiana State Purdue Illinois Kentucky Penn State Virginia Tech Virginia Miami Florida State South Florida Texas Indiana, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Kansas, Texas Tech If you need more than the quantity listed please contact us. We carry many NCCA College and University yarmulkes.
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