For Matisyahu, no beard, no entry

Published on January 29, 2013

Since Matisyahu shaved his beard last year, the former Chasidic reggae musician has been suffering all sorts of blowback.

Conversations From Twitter – Part 6

By Ilana Angel
Published on June 24, 2012

Remembering Vidal Sassoon

Published on June 19, 2012

It was only a few weeks ago that I was sitting with Vidal Sassoon in the living room of his sprawling Bel Air home. It was a chilly early evening and we warmed ourselves by the heat of the fire that was roaring in the fireplace. We were drinking green tea – it was always green tea for Vidal – and he’d been reflecting on his earlier years in Hollywood.

Conversations From Twitter – Part 4

By Ilana Angel
Published on June 7, 2012

The Power of Hair

By Ilana Angel
Published on June 1, 2012

Boy allegedly set Jewish girl’s hair on fire after making slurs

Published on December 6, 2011

A Canadian teenager was arrested for allegedly setting a Jewish classmate's hair on fire after making anti-Semitic remarks.

No Bieber Fever Here!

By Julia Bendis
Published on December 9, 2010

First Person - My Upfsherin

By Rabbi Anne Brener
Published on May 4, 2006

The upfsherin (hair cutting ceremony) took place on the last day of Shevat -- an auspicious time for a healing ritual. The day before Rosh Chodesh (first day of the month) is observed, in the medieval mystical practice of Yom Kippur katan (little Yom Kippur) -- a day for cleansing, purification, and preparation -- just what shaving my head represented, as I began my fifth week of chemotherapy.

Keeping My Hair Under Wraps

By Judy Gruen
Published on February 17, 2005

Recently, I found myself spellbound while watching "Girl With a Pearl Earring." This film, based on the excellent Tracy Chevalier novel, is a fictional account of the history behind Vermeer's famous painting of the same name. The novel revolves around a servant girl, Grete, who became a secret assistant to the painter in his studio. In one scene, Vermeer accidentally glimpses Grete with her hair uncovered. The moment is electric. Grete, like all women of her social station, covered her hair at all times. It was as if Vermeer had caught her unclothed.

A Reason to Wig Out

By Gaby Wenig
Published on May 20, 2004

Aside from the obvious religious issues involved, anti-wig forces in the ultra-Orthodox community are using the brouhaha to bolster a century-old argument against the use of wigs.

Hair Club for Jews

By Carin Davis
Published on December 18, 2003

Hi. My name is Carin and I have a Jewfro.

Heeb hair. A Moses mop. A latke lid. I'm down with my fun girl curls, but I can't say the same for the men I meet. My big hair is the Mason-Dixon Line of my L.A. dating life. Some men love the untamed, wild, bed-head look of my natural waves. But many men prefer I play it straight.

Fuzz

By Marlene Adler Marks
Published on September 6, 2001

A day before I left for a vacation cruise to Alaska, I looked in the mirror and spied, atop my clean, bald head -- Hair! There wasn't much of it, standing less than one-sixteenth of an inch tall. But when I ran my hand over my crown, I felt the delicious tickle of stubble.

"It's back!" I cried to my friend Susan, who was lending me a gown for the cruise's formal night. We jumped up and down the way we did in high school when the latest "he" called. I've been a cue ball since Day 12 of my first round of chemo. All my hair is gone, including eyebrows and lashes. The only really bad part, aside from looking like a Conehead, is the way drafts of cold air make my forehead feel glacial. In Alaska, I spent time looking for bald eagles, seeking to join their minyan.