KENNEDY AND HATS

Growing up, we all heard something like this, didn't we:

...before Kennedy all presidents wore hats in public. Kennedy decided not to, and not one president has since, so from then on that's not the way an adam chashuv [important person] walks, [in the street] so there's no more chiyuv[religious obligation for Jews to wear hats.]

Poor Kennedy. Taking the blame for something he didn't really do. Here's the truth about JFK, hats, and presidents.