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Married observant Jewish women wear a scarf (tichel or mitpahat), snood, hat, beret, or sometimes a wig in order to conform with the requirement of Jewish religious law that married women cover their hair. [30] [31] A Greek Sephardic couple in wedding costume ca. late 19th century. The woman wears a veil in accordance with wedding custom.
The image was first created by cartoonist A. Wyatt Mann (a wordplay on "A white man"), a pseudonym of Nick Bougas. [1] [2] [3] The image was part of a cartoon that also included a racist caricature of a black man and used these images to say: "Let's face it! A world without Jews and Blacks would be like a world without rats and cockroaches."
How did a young Jewish woman who escaped Nazi-occupied Austria in the late 1930s end up in New York and emerge as one of the most dynamic ... With flowing jet black hair, long elegant legs, and a ...
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.
According to Jewish religious law (), a woman must cover her hair after marriage.[2] [3] The requirement applies in the presence of any men other than her husband, son, father, grandson, grandfather, or brother, [4] though a minority opinion allows uncovering hair within one's home even in the presence of unrelated men.
Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer wearing a spodik. A spodik (or spodek; Yiddish: ספּאָדיק spodik, from Polish spodek "saucer") is a tall, [1] black fur hat worn by some Hasidic Jews, particularly by members of sects in 19th-century Congress Poland. [2]
The Monaco Prince's Carabiniers Company use a white helmet in summer and a blue one in winter. The Portuguese Public Security Police (PSP) constables wore a custodian-style helmet from 1936 to 1958. The helmets were made of cork, covered with dark blue fabric, having on the front a silver PSP star ( six points star with the Portuguese Shield in ...
Shtreimel on a mannequin A rabbi dressed in shtreimel, Jerusalem. A shtreimel (Yiddish: שטרײַמל shtrayml, plural: שטרײַמלעך shtraymlekh or שטרײַמלען shtraymlen) is a fur hat worn by some Ashkenazi Jewish men, mainly members of Hasidic Judaism, on Shabbat and Jewish holidays and other festive occasions. [1]