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Safety wearing a (Jewish) kippa in your area of Thailand?

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Kippahs are what religious Jewish men wear on their heads. Also known as skullcaps or yarmulkes.

They make any man wearing one as a visible Jewish person.

There are female indicators but not as universally well known.

Some Jews wear a Jewish star necklace (etc.) and I could have emphasized that instead of a kippah.

So assuming you're a man, would you personally feel safe walking around, taking transport, going to public places (restaurants, malls, etc.) wearing a Kippah where you live in Thailand?

I most definitely would not (Jomtien/ Pattaya) feel safe.

Not because of reactions from Thais as I wouldn't worry about them but reactions from other nationalities ("anti-Zionist" westerners, Arabs, not sure about Russians).

This is hypothetical for me as I'm not a religious Jew so wouldn't naturally want to wear a kippah in public anyway. I can imagine wanting to wear a Star of David jewelry as I like how they look and they don't indicate being observant.

However, I think I would feel equally unsafe wearing that.

This issue reminds me a bit of how gay people always have to "read the room" for how safe they feel to express PDAs etc. in public.

But overall I think visible gay people are a lot safer where I live in Thailand than visible Jewish people.

Indonesians wear similar on a Friday on their way to prayers. The Indo ones are not generally black.

44 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

But overall I think visible gay people are a lot safer where I live in Thailand than visible Jewish people.

That may be regional dependent, the local folks in the north are pretty tolerant and mind their own business. Though a halfbaked tourist or expat could pop up unexpectedly anywhere.

Edited by novacova

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19 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Indonesians wear similar on a Friday on their way to prayers. The Indo ones are not generally black.

What they wear is obviously not Jewish.

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