Articles by Tova Mesch

Sheitel Gemach Chronicles


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“The ladies decided that a sheitel looked too much like their hair,” my American grandmother, born and bred in America’s South at the beginning of the twentieth century, told me. “They talked about it for a long time, debating the pros and cons. In the end, they decided they could do better – raise the bar on tznius – and everyone started wearing hats.


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