Against guidelines, rabbi asked to remove kippah at Berlin Airport – German capital’s chief rabbi requested to take off skullcap during security check as part of ‘standard procedure’ and refuses, claiming no such directive exists; Local police chief backs rabbi’s claims | ynetnews

Against guidelines, rabbi asked to remove kippah at Berlin Airport – German capital’s chief rabbi requested to take off skullcap during security check as part of ‘standard procedure’ and refuses, claiming no such directive exists; Local police chief backs rabbi’s claims | ynetnews

Berlin Chief Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal was asked last week to remove his kippah during a security check at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, a request to which he vehemently refused.
Security personnel tried to explain to the rabbi that it was a standard procedure and that everyone passing through security gates adheres to the instructions. Rabbi Teichtal clarified to them that, as far as he was aware, there was no such directive and he firmly declined.
Upon returning to Berlin last weekend, Rabbi Teichtal held an urgent meeting with the President of the Federal Police of Germany (Präsident Bundespolizei Deutschland) Dr. Dieter Romann. The police chief was shocked to hear about Rabbi Teichtal’s experience and explicitly told him that there is no such directive….