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(JTA) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson came under fire from local Jewish leaders after he wore a keffiyeh, or a traditional Palestinian headscarf, to a public event this week. The Chicago chapter ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson came under fire from local Jewish leaders after he wore a keffiyeh, or a traditional Palestinian headscarf, to a public event this week. The Chicago chapter of the ...
She said the mentor was the man in the video who was yanking one of the protesters around by their keffiyeh, as the person held their head and neck. In a video clip, the man, or mentor ...
A different clip shows another person being grabbed and dragged by their keffiyeh — a traditional Arab headdress — by one of the men. University officials posted a statement online that said ...
Toronto Police confirm a charge was laid following a weekend encounter involving a keffiyeh-wearing man at the Eaton Centre that was caught on video and posted to social media. “There had been a ...
A Nativity scene made by artisans from Bethlehem was the source of controversy this week for including a Palestinian keffiyeh with the child Jesus in the manger — but according to the project ...
(RNS) — The appearance of a keffiyeh on a Palestinian-made nativity scene at the Vatican caused a stir. So did its sudden disappearance. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In the moments before Pope Francis ...
The figure of the baby Jesus will be returned to the manger on December 24 but the keffiyeh may not be. Jesus Christ displayed on a Palestinian Keffiyeh scarf gifted by the Palestinian Higher ...
Activists staged a guerrilla protest at the Noguchi Museum over the weekend, placing critical wall labels condemning the institution’s ban on keffiyehs. The intervention coincides with museum ...
Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...
Pope Francis prays in front of a Nativity Scene crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as he arrives for a meeting with the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter's Square as a Christmas ...