But once Dr. Levenson, who works for the Indian Health Service and wears a colorful tapestry yarmulke, has alerted the tiny network, it almost seems as if we have stepped into Yiddishland.
A skullcap worn by religious Jewish males (especially during prayer), also known as a kippah
A Jewish head-covering In Hebrew, a "kippah " Customs about what it looks like, who wears it, and when it is worn have varied from time to time and from place to place
(noun.) 1903. From Yiddish יאַרמלקע (yarmlke), from the Polish jarmułka (“skullcap”). This is probably from the Turkish yağmurluk (“rainwear”). The term is known from 1903.