Protesting Kippah Ban With a Quebec Flag

Rabbi Yisroel Bernath designed a kippa to protest Bill 60, a bill that would ban on the wearing of religious symbols in the public of Quebec. The projected legislation, also known as the Charter of Quebec Values, would prohibit any display of religious symbols and the wearing of religious attire by employees in the public forum.

Bernath used social media to spread his design to the public. The viral link immediately brought in potential buyers, and Bernath put the kippot on sale on the Internet for $10. He also sold them in Rodal’s Hebrew Bookstore & Gift Shop. In less than one month, Bernath has sold 320 kippot to both Jews and non-Jews. Rabbi Bernath is known as “Montreal’s Hip Rabbi.” He is the spiritual director of Chabad Notre-Dame-de-Grace & Loyola Campus, and the Jewish chaplain at Concordia University.

Report is in French and English.