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This undated photo shows Arkansas inmate Gregory Holt, also known as Abdul Maalik Muhammad. (Arkansas Department of Correction)
July 12, 2025, 10:08 am
US Muslim inmate who won beard case claims retaliatory transfer by Arkansas officials
Gregory Holt, also known as Abdul Maalik Muhammad, was supported by Orthodox Jewish and other groups in 2015 Supreme Court case that upheld his right to maintain half-inch beard
By Andrew DeMillo
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox soldiers attend a swearing-in ceremony of Hasmonean Brigade on February 27, 2025. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
April 9, 2025, 8:36 pm
Beards and nail polish: IDF approves dress code changes
Amid war, military says combat soldiers can wear tactical uniforms when heading home; all non-military patches banned under updated guidelines
By Emanuel Fabian
MK Meir Porush attends a Knesset Arrangements Committee meeting in Jerusalem on June 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 22, 2021, 2:47 pm
Police arrest suspects months after beard-cutting attack on Haredi lawmaker
Two men taken into custody in connection with September assault on United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush
By ToI Staff
Bar Pinto (R) and Gilad Levi, two red-bearded 29-year-olds and founders of 'Beard for All' ('Ptor Zakan' in Hebrew), a campaign challenging Israeli military rules compelling all male troops to be cleanshaven, in Tel Aviv on February 7, 2021 (Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)
March 3, 2021, 11:52 am
IDF faces battle over bearded soldiers who choose not to shave
Two campaigners have taken up the cause on behalf of thousands of secular servicemen who want the same rights to facial hair granted to religious troops
By Alexandra Vardi
US Vice President Mike Pence administers the Senate oath of office to Senator Ted Cruz, accompanied by his wife Heidi and their daughter Catherine, during a mock swearing in ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, on January 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
January 9, 2019, 11:55 pm
After public bristles, Ted Cruz says a rabbi likes his beard
Texas Republican tweets that friend’s rabbi said his facial hair ‘will put the fear of the Lord into Israel’s enemies,’ could bring Middle East peace
By ToI Staff
Gal Vallerius (Twitter)
October 10, 2018, 3:26 am
‘OxyMonster’: French-Israeli drug dealer in US beard contest gets 20 years
Gal Vallerius pled guilty in June to drug conspiracy and money laundering
By Curt Anderson
Illustrative photo of bearded religious soldiers. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 29, 2018, 2:36 pm
IDF criticized for forcing religious soldiers to shave their beards
Angry debate over how to determine who is observant after one soldier jailed, another punished for not knowing the week’s Torah reading
By Michael Bachner
A general view of the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. US Federal Courthouse as seen in Miami, Florida on June 12, 2018. (RHONA WISE/AFP)
June 12, 2018, 8:49 pm
French-Israeli man in US beard contest pleads guilty in drug case
Gal Vallerius addresses Miami court in Hebrew as he confesses to being an online international narcotics kingpin
By Agencies
Eitan Press of Aleph Male, a beard balm business based on Jewish masculinity, in Jerusalem's Old City, February 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
February 16, 2018, 1:44 pm
Ancient beard traditions shape the face of modern Jerusalem
In the capital’s Old City, ultra-Orthodox Jews, Christian clerics and devout Muslims connect past generations to God through the tangled strands of history
By Ian Deitch
Jonathan Keren, the founder of Maapilim, an Israeli line of indie beauty products for men. (Courtesy, Jonathan Keren)
January 26, 2018, 9:20 am
Once clean-shaven, Israelis no longer bristling at beards
The founders of Barberia and Maapilim believe in facial hair and grooming, and not just for hipsters, either
By Jessica Steinberg
Eitan Press, second from right, says he has “anointed” the beards of hundreds of men, including these Jewish pilgrims in Uman, Ukraine, Sept. 20, 2017. (Aleph Male)
November 1, 2017, 2:45 am
A Jewish-themed beard balm for hipsters and Hasids
Eitan Press’s lifestyle brand hopes to cultivate alternative ways of considering masculinity
By Josefin Dolsten
Illustrative photo of bearded religious soldiers. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 1, 2016, 4:41 am
IDF piled with beard requests as ban comes into force
At least 20,000 soldiers ask for permission to forgo shaving; army assuages concerns religious troops will be forced to trim
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Soldiers in the IDF's Netzah Yehuda Battalion at the Peles Military Base in the northern Jordan Valley, August 2013. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
February 28, 2016, 2:33 pm
Rabbi: IDF beard ban is like Nazi Germany
Shlomo Aviner calls on soldiers to refuse orders to shave, even at the cost of a prison sentence
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of bearded religious soldiers. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 30, 2015, 2:28 pm
IDF’s anti-beard policy no longer legally fuzzy
High Court of Justice overrules soldiers’ petition, says troops have no basic right to grow out their facial hair
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of bearded religious soldiers. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 30, 2015, 4:17 am
High Court puts kibosh on IDF beard ban
Army has until September 8 to respond to petition, which argues new directive is discriminatory against religious soldiers
By ToI Staff
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