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tallit
7 haiku for parsha Shelach (it’s our own personal fringe festival) by Rick Lupert
Ahead of New York Fashion Week, the Jewish prayer shawl goes chic
Has the Jewish prayer shawl become a fashion statement?
H&M pulls tallit-like scarf from Israel, apologizes ‘if we have offended anyone’
Swedish retail chain H&M apologized for marketing a Jewish prayer shawl-like fringed scarf and said the item will no longer be sold in Israel.
H&M: Your source for cheap & chic Jewish prayer shawls?
H&M is at it again — they’ve made a scarf that looks remarkably like a tallit, or Jewish prayer shawl.
B’nai Mitzvah @ 50… and beyond
Trisha Roth completed two years of study in order to be ready for her recent bat mitzvah. When the big day came, she wore a tallit that belonged to her late brother. But something else made the experience particularly special.
Letters to the Editor: Jews should get offended, Web Tsuris
Feelings carry greater impact in communication than thought or logic (“Jews Should Get Offended,” June 21). As a mediator, I witness that routinely. When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denies any Jewish connection to Jerusalem, David Suissa suggests Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu respond by simply calling it insulting and offensive. That makes sense and, even more so, it feels right.
The Israeli.com and me
For the amusement of readers and to publicize what is probably the most absurd treatment by a retailer I have ever encountered — I am publishing the e-mail dialogue (to the extent that “dialogue” is the apt term) with an Israeli Web site from which I recently purchased a tallit.
Ten women arrested at Western Wall for praying with prayer shawls
Ten women participating in a women\’s prayer service with hundreds of worshippers and supporters at the Western Wall were arrested for wearing prayer shawls.