The Volokh Conspiracy
[David Bernstein, July 31, 2008 at 10:14pm] Trackbacks
The Kippah Poll:

The McCippah is outselling the Obamica, 56% to 44%.

(Of course, McCippah buyers probably thought they were going to get kosher fries, a drink, and a toy with purchase).

Nathan_M (mail):
I'm so goyish I'm not completely sure those hats are called kippahs or if that's a reference to something else, I support Obama, and I still want a McCippah.
8.1.2008 12:40am
Eli Rabett (www):
A Bud. De gustibus and all that
8.1.2008 12:42am
sh (mail):
McCippah buyers look for the extras? Hmmm... seems like all the Obama rock concerts are the ones that end with a political statement from the MC.
8.1.2008 2:15am
Bill Poser (mail) (www):
I predict that the Obamica will soon overtake the McCippah when the later is taken down by a DMCA notice from McDonalds.
8.1.2008 4:10am
Bill Poser (mail) (www):
What am I thinking? I have copyright on the brain. Of course I meant a trademark infringement lawsuit, not a DMCA notice.
8.1.2008 4:11am
PersonFromPorlock:
Back in the '60s I saw a kid in NYC wearing a plaid yarmulke... with a buckle at the back. Obama AND McCain, eat your hearts out.
8.1.2008 7:35am
Richard Riley (mail):
Quick question from clueless goy: I have always heard this headgear referred to as a "yarmulke." But David's recent posts, and other articles on Obama's and others' visits to the Western Wall, call it a "kippah." Two words for the same thing? Other explanation?
8.1.2008 9:21am
Just Dropping By (mail):
It seems like the results might be skewed in part by the fact that the McCippah has a color scheme more closely associated with Judaism. It would have been a more useful metric if they were offered in identical colors except for the logo.
8.1.2008 9:57am
Milhouse (www):
They are the same thing. Kippah is Hebrew for "dome", which this cap resembles. Yarmulke is Polish and Ukranian for "cap", ultimately coming from Turkish yağmurluk, which means "rain wear". Folk etymology has yarmulke deriving from Aramaic yere malka, "fear the King", indicating that the purpose of the cap is to remind the wearer that he is constantly in the presence of the King Who is above all.
8.1.2008 9:58am
Yankev (mail):
Is there a demographic skew? Orthodox Jewish men and boys generally wear a kippah unless they have a reason to remove it. With a few exceptions here and there, Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative, Humanist and unaffiliated Jews tend not to don a kippah except when they feel they have a special reason to (e.g. attending services). On the other hand, kippah-waring among non-Orthodox Jews is not limited to males.

Assuming that Orthodox Jews vote more conservatively than the other groups, wouldn't the difference in the rate of kippah wearing skew the usefulness of these figures as a predictor, even given the unisex nature of the kippah among non-Orthodox MOTs?
8.1.2008 3:15pm
Dilan Esper (mail) (www):
Is the McCippah Happy Meal kosher?
8.1.2008 3:20pm
Hoosier:
The anti-Catholic comments on the host-desecration thread yesterday got me thinking. I want to reach across the Catholic-Jewish divide, and yet remain true to my roots.

So this morning I gave myself a tonsure. Then I colored- in my scalp with a black laundry pen to look like a kippah.

There's nothing I won't do for the sake of bringing a little more love into this crazy world.
8.1.2008 3:46pm

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