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    Instagram’s New Big Wigs

    Thanks to social media, Orthodox women selling ‘sheitels’ have found a new clientele outside their community

    byNomi Kaltmann
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    ‘Arranged’ Explores the Difficult Choice of Wearing a Sheitel

    As an Orthodox couple prepares for marriage, the bride-to-be deals with an internal struggle: wear a wig or feel like a ‘black sheep’

    byBrachah Goykadosh
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    Covering My Black, Jewish Hair

    How an adopted ritual helped one convert make peace with her unruly mane

    byMalynnda Littky
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    My Fashion Choices—and My Husband’s—Reveal the Risks of Looking Hasidic

    How people treat us in public often depends on what we’re wearing on our heads, whether it’s my wig or his yarmulke

    byChaya Rivka Zwolinski
  • Ranee Lewison and Ariella Ahdut(Nancy Mehlman)
    Ranee Lewison and Ariella Ahdut(Nancy Mehlman)
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    Holiday Haircuts Give Hope

    Haircuts are a Lag b’Omer tradition. Some have turned this Jewish custom into a way to help needy kids.

    byAllison Hoffman
  • A wig shop in Bnei Brak
    A wig shop in Bnei Brak
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    Searching for the Perfect Wig

    Other Orthodox women cover their hair with beautiful sheitels. Why does mine make me look like Marge Simpson?

    byCarol Ungar
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