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Category Archives: Modesty
Judaism’s Views On Modesty
Rabbi Dov Linzer of writes in the New York Times: “IS it possible for a religious demand for modesty to be about anything other than men controlling women’s bodies? From recent events in Israel, it would certainly seem that it … Continue reading
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Tagged male lust, natural inclinations, natural instincts, orthodox men, ultra orthodox jews, victim mentality
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Don’t Wear Short Skirts If You Can’t Pull It Off
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Religious tensions at boiling point in Beitar Illite as 14-year-old girl attacked by member of town’s ‘modesty guard’
From YNET News: A 14-year-old girl from Beitar Illite was taken to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem after an unknown person spilled acid on her face, legs and stomach, causing light burn wounds. The act has been attributed … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Modesty, Orthodoxy
Tagged eini, face legs, hadassah ein kerem, hadassah ein kerem hospital, illite, religious tensions
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Robin Garbose
From The Jewish Week: Los Angeles — The tops of moonlit palm trees hovered above hundreds of Orthodox girls and women who drove through the enormous gates of Paramount Studio’s lot to The Sherry Lansing Theater on a recent Saturday … Continue reading
Orthodox Union Rabbi Destroys Sole Source Of Income For Critical Blog, Threatens To Sue
The story begins here. Orthomom blogs: So apparently, XGH has joined the elite little club of bloggers being threatened with legal action. As the story goes, Webads placed an ad on his blog, among others, for a book written by … Continue reading
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The Britney Spears Of The Orthodox Union
Instead of davening mincha and ma’ariv and talking to people at the Sabbath’s third meal, I sat on my own and read Rabbi Eliyahu Safran’s new book, "Sometimes You Are What You Wear! An Argument For Modesty." And there blazed … Continue reading
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Sometimes You Are What You Wear: An Argument for Tzniut By Dr. Eliyahu Safran
Stephen Steiner writes: Profoundly distressed by what he sees as a breakdown in the morals of a sex-drenched society in which women’s dress – or lack of same – emphasizes bare skin over modesty, a leading Orthodox Union rabbi has … Continue reading
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