![]() Halpert revealed that the secret is clips on the inside from Florida-based Klipped Kippahs - which is not the same product that Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett relies on to keep his kippah on his bald head.)ĭespite his family history, Mr. (In case you’re wondering, as we were, how the men keep their yarmulkes from flying off during games, Mr. Halpert grabbed a key rebound, distributed an assist, and forced a steal. In the game on December 12 - where YU defeated Medgar Evers College 104-59 for its 13th consecutive win of the season - Mr. ![]() “I started going to games when I was super young, but definitely from the time I was about 12 or 13 I went to all the games,” Mr. Today, Yehuda Halpert is the rabbi of Congregation Ahavat Shalom in Teaneck. His uncle, Rafi, and his father, Yehuda, also were Macs basketball players. Halpert’s grandfather, the legendary Jonathan Halpert, coached the Macs for 42 years, “almost double the amount I’ve been alive,” the grandson noted. Get The Jewish Standard Newsletter by email and never miss our top stories His celebrity status has an element of legacy as well. “Once people try this, they’re never going to go back.That makes the 6-foot-1 senior guard something of a celebrity in the township’s Orthodox community. So far his biggest fans are mothers with kids who seem to go through an endless supply of clips. In April, he took his kippahs on the road for the first time. His Web site is expected to boost sales substantially. In the first four months of business, with little marketing or publicity, Kaweblum sold 1,500 of his Klipped Kippahs. He has one seamstress, and his mother is in charge of production. Klipped Kippahs, which cost $10 to $15 each, come in a variety of styles and colors and can be customized. We had yarmulkes made with the school name and basketball logo and sold about 75 the first night.” “It’s really been great for the students who previously had their yarmulkes in their hands more than on their heads. “I wear one myself and the yarmulke works perfectly,” he continued. “We first saw a team wearing them in a basketball tournament in New York, and I thought it was a great idea and that we have to get some,” said Rabbi Yonatan Gersten, principal of Cooper Yeshiva in Memphis, Tenn. Ten schools, including schools in Los Angeles, Memphis, Chicago and New Jersey, have ordered Klipped Kippahs for their teams. Once it’s on, you don’t even realize it’s there.”Īlthough the season was already under way, Kaweblum sent a sample kippah and some information to every Jewish high school in the country. “They work extremely well, even when I got a short haircut,” said Anosh Zaghi, an eleventh-grader and two-year starter at WYHS. ![]() When his players gave them the thumbs up, Kaweblum then sent a Klipped Kippah to the association, and the organization issued its stamp of approval. ![]() When it passed the test, he made a few more for his players. Kaweblum modified the clip, sewed it into his own kippah and wore it for a week. While trying to decide how to proceed, Kaweblum was looking at his wife’s shaitel and wondered, “How does she keep that on?” But before the season began last fall, the association ruled that metal clips and pins were dangerous attachments and unacceptable. ![]() Over the last few years, Kaweblum has had to petition the Florida High School Athletic Association for his players to wear kippot during games. Kaweblum’s brainstorm was the result of a dilemma he faced as the athletic director and boys basketball coach at Weinbaum Yeshiva High, a Modern Orthodox school in Boca Raton, Fla. In doing research before applying for a patent, Kaweblum said he was surprised no one had come up with the idea. “I think this will change the way people wear kippot,” said Kaweblum, 26, who is finishing his architectural degree at Florida Atlantic University. man created a yarmulke that doesn’t slip or slide - and may even withstand a Category 3 hurricane. “I should have thought of that,” they say of the simple yet practical innovation Kaweblum hopes will make bobby pins and hair clips obsolete for Jewish males who wear kippot.īy sewing into a kippah essentially two miniature versions of the hard, plastic comb women use to attach their shaitels, or wigs, the Aventura, Fla. Most people who see Jon Kaweblum’s invention invariably have the same reaction. ![]()
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