nowadays the specific religious symbols of the kipah and tzitzis are seen by many in this politically correct, open, religiously tolerant society as just another ethnic badge like the turban and cross. you have your religious symbol and i have mine, it doesnt mean much today to onlookers. it would have said a great deal however 50 years ago, when it took courage to wear these symbols openly, but at that time there were no Jews who wanted both to be assimilated and still be religious. the two things were mutually exclusive, unlike today where those that wish to assimilate can still maintain their religious identity as well.
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