Kippah-Wearing MCPS Student Told to Prove Religion

Patch:  The principal at Northwood High School told Patch that “students are asked for verification when their religious headwear is not traditional headwear that we are accustomed to seeing.”


Update:  Worldwide coverage

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=46&sid=2734812http://www.theblaze.com/stories/high-school-student-needed-rabbis-note-to-wear-yarmulke-in-school/

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Mont-Co-Student-138708369.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-schools-insider/post/montgomery-student-needed-a-rabbis-note-to-wear-yarmulke-to-school/2012/02/03/gIQAg4YKnQ_blog.html 


http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/02/02/3091478/md-student-asked-to-defend-wearing-kippa 


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/caleb-tanenbaum

http://www.jewishjournal.com/religion/article/md_student_asked_to_defend_wearing_kippah_20120202/

http://www.jspace.com/news/articles/md-student-asked-to-defend-wearing-kippah/7357

http://www.allvoices.com/news/11437213-md-student-asked-to-defend-wearing-kippah

http://www.tlj-news.com/2012/02/01/kippah-wearing-student-told-to-prove-religion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kippah-wearing-student-told-to-prove-religion

http://baltimorejewishlife.com/news/news-detail.php?ARTICLE_ID=26697&SECTION_ID=1

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/high-school-student-needed-rabbis-note-to-wear-yarmulke-in-school/

http://findalismonkeyinthemiddle.blogspot.com/2012/02/i-need-to-bring-in-note-from-my-rabbi.html

http://www.stljewishlight.com/news/world/article_3dc066fa-c7f1-52df-96d8-23a79b14ae70.html