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  • Rabbi Everett Gendler, who wears a tallit made from flower-embroidered fabric from Mexico, with the author's daughter, who wears a tallit made from Pendleton cloth
    Rabbi Everett Gendler, who wears a tallit made from flower-embroidered fabric from Mexico, with the author's daughter, who wears a tallit made from Pendleton cloth
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    A Tallit of Many Colors

    At my son’s bar mitzvah, carrying on a tradition that honors experimentation and radical change

    byEmily Loeb
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    Weaving a New Tallis out of Old Traditions

    I used threads of family history to create a prayer shawl for the future

    byShira Telushkin
  • Matthew Schildkret.
    Matthew Schildkret.
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    Sacred Scarves

    Inspired by a lineage of clothiers before him, Matthew Schildkret’s ‘undercover tallit’ take their cues from a higher purpose: mitzvot

    byRebecca Spence
  • Donald Trump addresses the Republican Jewish Coalition at Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center December 3, 2015 in Washington, DC.
    Donald Trump addresses the Republican Jewish Coalition at Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center December 3, 2015 in Washington, DC.
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    The Five Best Explanations for Why Donald Trump Wore a Jewish Prayer Shawl at a Church Event on Saturday

    We leave the gentiles alone for just one day and stuff like this happens

    byYair Rosenberg
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    (Shutterstock)
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    Rock That Tallit

    Fashion icons—from Vogue magazine to A$AP Rocky—are embracing Jewish-related sartorial choices. Other companies are just screwing it up. For better or worse, it’s time to embrace our beautiful religious garments.

    byRachel Shukert
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    Boca Synagogue Wins Guinness World Record

    For congregant-made prayer shawl measuring 1471.74 square feet

    byStephanie Butnick
  • The tallit rack at West Side Judaica.(Tablet Magazine)
    The tallit rack at West Side Judaica.(Tablet Magazine)
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    How Buying a Tallit at 46 Helped Me Claim My Place in the Jewish Community

    I’ve struggled for decades to feel comfortable in synagogue as a single woman. Wrapped in a silk prayer shawl, I finally felt at home.

    byAmy Feldman
  • Anat Hoffman arrested at the Wall on Oct. 16, 2012.(Women of the Wall)
    Anat Hoffman arrested at the Wall on Oct. 16, 2012.(Women of the Wall)
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    Jew vs. Jew at the Western Wall

    At the Western Wall, the latest incarnation of an ancient Jewish battle between tradition and modernity

    byDavid Wolpe
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    Sundown: A Tricky Question

    Namecalling in Ukraine, a cokehead rabbi, and more

    byHadara Graubart
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