The Bald Women trope as used in popular culture. In many societies, women are expected to have hair, despite the fact that natural balding can occur in women …

Last week, Tablet Magazine published our list of the 100 greatest Jewish films of all time. At the very bottom was Schindler’s List. In a brief blurb, I called it

I heard an anthropologist talking about shaitels (wigs). He said how ironic it is that observant Jewish women wear wigs. In biblical Judaism, the rule was that

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Jewish law. There is considerable debate among Halachic authorities as to whether or not wearing a kippah at all times is required. According to the Rambam, Jewish

Jan 03, 2011 · The following review was written for Writing the Holocaust by Dr. Danusha Goska: When I was a , my mother took me to her natal village in Slovakia.

Jewish Men and Facial Hair: Beards, Sidelocks (Peyas) and Shaving. All agree that there is no ban on shaving with an electric razor, but for many, beards have become

The woman photographed here, believed to have been a prostitute who serviced German occupiers, is having her head shaved to publicly mark her.

New International Version But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head–it is the same as having her head shaved.

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