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A swimming dress, also known as a swim dress, is a modern dress worn by women while swimming, that preserves traditional religious definitions of modesty. [1] Swimming dresses are popular among Christians belonging to the conservative holiness movement, Orthodox Jews and many Muslims; [2] many wearers of swimming dresses, such as the Methodists of the conservative holiness movement, believe ...
Jewish religious clothing is apparel worn by Jews in connection with the practice of the Jewish religion. Jewish religious clothing has changed over time while maintaining the influences of biblical commandments and Jewish religious law regarding clothing and modesty . Contemporary styles in the wider culture also have a bearing on Jewish ...
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Many men grow beards, and Haredi men wear suits with black hats over a skullcap. Modern Orthodox Jews may adopt the dress of general society, although they, too, wear kippahs and tzitzit. On Shabbat, Modern Orthodox men wear suits (or at least a dress shirt) and dress pants, while women wear clothing. Orthodox Jews follow the laws of negiah ...
Solomon Lazard (1827–1916), co-founder of the City of Paris department store [219] Simon Lazarus, German-born founder of the Lazarus department store (later The F&R Lazarus & Co., merged with Macy's Inc.) [220] Leon Levine, founder of the Family Dollar chain of discount stores [221] Bernard Marcus, co-founder of the Home Depot [222]
A neighborhood of roughly 19,000, Pico-Robertson evolved into the epicenter of L.A.'s Jewish community over the last century. German Ashkenazi Jews settled there in the 1910s, and its borders ...
Dozens of kosher restaurants, kosher grocery stores, Jewish bookstores, Hasidic clothing stores, as well as other Orthodox Jewish businesses are found around the Jewish community. The area is one of few locations in the world for the Telshe Yeshiva Rabbinical College .
A bekishe or beketche (Yiddish: בעקעטשע beketche or בעקישע bekishe), is a type of frock coat, usually made of black silk or polyester, worn by Hasidic Jews, and by some non-Hasidic Haredi Jews. [1] The bekishe is worn mainly on Shabbos and Jewish holidays, or at weddings and other such events.