I am a twenty-year-old Jewish female who wears the kippah at all times. It was a huge decision for me when I made the choice to wear it all the time, because I knew I would face questions, criticisms, even discrimination based on the combination of my outward display of commitment to my faith and (to put it mildly) my 'quirkiness'. Others would think it was a fashion statement, I was just trying to be different, or that I didn't know what it meant. There are people who come up to me and politely ask if I am Jewish, and then if women are allowed to wear the yamulke. However, I have also gotten more offensive reactions. But anyone who has asked has gotten a very serious response, and in the end it is between G-d and myself: if this helps me to walk through each day with a heightened awareness of my actions, than I am sure that is all that matters.
I am a twenty-year-old Jewish female who wears the kippah at all times. It was a huge decision for me when I made the choice to wear it all the time, because I knew I would face questions, criticisms, even discrimination based on the combination of my outward display of commitment to my faith and (to put it mildly) my 'quirkiness'. Others would think it was a fashion statement, I was just trying to be different, or that I didn't know what it meant. There are people who come up to me and politely ask if I am Jewish, and then if women are allowed to wear the yamulke. However, I have also gotten more offensive reactions. But anyone who has asked has gotten a very serious response, and in the end it is between G-d and myself: if this helps me to walk through each day with a heightened awareness of my actions, than I am sure that is all that matters.