2017 Update
A few things have changed since this was first written. I still cover my
head the majority of the time. However, I am now equally comfortable wearing a
kippah, hat, or scarf/tichel. I studied the laws of kisui rosh (head covering
for women) at the Conservative Yeshiva back in 2009 and at that time
decided that it didn’t matter what I covered my head with as long as it was
covered. The reasons – yirat shamayaim
and anava still hold true regardless of what type of
cloth covers my head.
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My final confession – given the political climate of our country at this time, I find myself wearing my kippah almost exclusively. I realized that for the first time I was actually using my kippah as a political statement and not the one that I expected to be making. I always thought that I would be making a feminist statement by wearing a kippah but I find that I am making a religious statement : I am a Jew. And I’m proud of it.
