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Sheitels, Jewels, Stories: Orthodox Holocaust Survivor Women Speak Their Lives
“It was nissim [miracles]. What else can I tell you, mameleh? I heard yesterday, they were telling me what’s going on in the world. We need nissim.”
Orthodox Leaders Crack Down On ‘Slutty’ Long Wigs
Orthodox leaders are increasingly policing the length of women’s wigs. One women was even prevented from buying a house in Lakewood.
The Facebook Group Where Muslim, Jewish and Christian Women Celebrate Headwrapping
From burqa bans to sheitel shaming, women who cover are often viewed as victims of patriarchy or religious extremists. Wrapunzel inverts that dynamic.
Orthodox Women Face ‘Frum-Shaming’ Campaign Over ‘Immodest’ Wigs
This is the frum version of “slut shaming”: Woman, your rabbinically mandated headcovering is really “asking for it.” So tone it down.
Ultra-Orthodox Rabbis Ban Human-Hair Wigs (Again)
But good luck taking on the $1 billion human-hair industry.
ShayTell Brings World of Jewish Wigs to Social Media
First there was “Tinder for bras.” Now there’s a Yelp for sheitels, the wigs worn by many married Orthodox Jewish women.
The Complete History of the Sheitel
Did women wear wigs in Biblical times? Does covering one’s head with real hair defeat the premise of halachic modesty? Everything our ‘Taxonomy of the Sheitel’ left out, revealed!
Taxonomy of the Sheitel
Everything you ever wanted to know about religious Jewish wigs, but were too afraid to ask. Frimet Goldberger breaks down what each wig means for the woman who wears it.
Orthodox Wig World
Everything you ever wanted to know about religious Jewish wigs, but were too afraid to ask. Frimet Goldberger breaks down what each wig means for the woman who wears it.
Requiem for a Sheitel Makher
Before she became a writer, Frimet Goldberger was a wig stylist. She shares in the ins and outs of grooming the women of Kiryas Joel.