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Tzni'us, the Jewish ethos of modesty, has been under intense discussion recently. Do we need the traditional manifestations of established tzni'us or should we apply a general definition without them?
The concept of modesty is not to "take the Jewish women and make sure that they don't look good and shouldn't be attractive," said a Hasidic woman living in Ramapo. "It's not true.
Countless materials teach Jewish girls exactly how to appear in public; others discuss the ideal length of a girl’s or woman’s skirt, whether her blouse needs to cover her collarbone, or if ...
There are different rules of ‘tznius’ or modesty for men and women who are frum (Orthodox Jewish). Since men are the ones who tend to look, modesty restricts what they are allowed to see.
Should it take a secular newspaper--the Wall Street Journal-- to give us Musser about what Modesty really means? I really think we need a little self-examination about what motivates our consumerism t ...
Elturk keeps her prices modest, too: Most of her hijabs cost about $20. But the modesty fashion world also contains sites like The Modist, a "luxury style destination dedicated to dressing ...
In Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, where the rule of law sometimes takes a back seat to the rule of God, zealots are on a campaign to stamp out behavior they consider unchaste.
August 31, 2015 Meet Philly’s very own Jewish fashion blogger, ‘The Modest Mom’ Emunah Wircberg stays true to her beliefs and her sense of style ...
In Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, where the rule of law sometimes takes a back seat to the rule of God, zealots are on a campaign to stamp out behavior they consider unchaste.
JERUSALEM — It’s the latest prescription for extreme ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who shun contact with the opposite sex: Glasses that blur their vision, so they don’t have to see wo… ...