Around Annapolis: Kippot fundraiser a 'double mitzvah'

First there was the book, then the movie, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants."

The story of four teenage girls and a pair of magical jeans is pure fiction, but here in Annapolis, there's a true tale that could be called "The Journey of the Traveling Kippot."

Also called a yarmulke, a kippah - the plural is kippot - is the name for the head covering traditionally worn by Jewish men. For the students in a small Jewish school in Annapolis, and the Mayan women of a tiny Guatemalan village, the small rounded cap also is a symbol of their ability to bridge divides in culture, language and...