Why is this kipa different from all other kipot?

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Date of publication: November 27, 2008

Source: New Jersey Jewish News

Author: Johanna Ginsberg

Newark shop boasts yarmulkes made with union labor

Mitch Cahn of Montclair at his Newark company, Unionwear, one of the few union shops left in the country that produces baseball caps.

Mitch Cahn of Montclair at his Newark company, Unionwear, one of the few union shops left in the country that produces baseball caps. His line of yarmulkes are part of the Kosher Kippot campaign launched in 2007 by the Progressive Jewish Alliance that encourages people to buy fair trade and sweatshop-free kipot. Photo courtesy Mitch Cahn.

Is your kipa kosher? If it was made in Mitch Cahn’s Unionwear shop in Newark, it is. If it was made somewhere else, according to the Progressive Jewish Alliance, the chances are slim...

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