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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 473

modest clothing

Adriana Fernandez's job as a nanny for Orthodox children has launched her into unlikely stardom as TikTok's Non-Jewish Nanny. (Courtesy)
December 4, 2022, 11:23 pm
‘Non-Jewish Nanny’ to Orthodox kids gains TikTok fame with cute culture-shock videos
Budding opera singer Adriana Fernandez babysits for Florida Jews on the side; her exuberant social media posts sparked a surprising 3rd career – as a ‘modest fashion’ influencer
By Jacqueline Cutler
(Screenshot via Twitter/Design by Jackie Hajdenberg)
September 17, 2022, 1:28 am
Fake toes for sale? Ad for Orthodox women raises questions on modesty gone too far
As debate rages over whether the offer was serious or a prank, some say the fact no one can be sure is itself the problem
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. (Dani Machlis)
March 26, 2022, 6:51 pm
Head of Ben-Gurion University says school uncovered Islamist ‘modesty squads’
Prof. Daniel Chamovitz says group consisted of three people who photographed female Bedouin students and sent pictures back to their clans if they were not modest enough
By ToI Staff
The Bar-Ilan University campus in Ramat Gan (CC BY-SA Bar-Ilan University/Wikimedia Commons)
October 24, 2019, 2:14 pm
Bar-Ilan University removes regulations requiring modest clothing, skullcaps
Institution officials say rules had not been enforced in recent years, citing diminishing percentage of religious students
By ToI Staff
Mayim Bialik. (courtesy Core18)
October 16, 2017, 4:10 pm
Mayim Bialik slammed for advocating modesty after Weinstein allegations
After critics accuse her of victim-blaming, ‘Big Bang Theory’ actress says her comments were taken out of context
By Andrew Tobin
Malka Simkovich
June 28, 2017, 2:38 pm
Malka Simkovich
Clothing makes the person
Separate how you dress from your Orthodox Jewish identity and reap the benefits of both your attire and your Judaism
Knesset staffers protest against the dress code in the Israeli Parliament, in Jerusalem, December 14, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 21, 2017, 11:20 pm
Knesset won’t revise dress code, short skirts still out
Violators will now be given warnings before guards deny them entry to Israel’s parliament
By ToI Staff
Designer Joyce Azaria: 'I’m very passionate about fashion as a way to express yourself and exist in the world.' (YouTube screenshot)
February 10, 2017, 12:50 am
New fashion line sports modest options ‘for the women’
Now found in Macy’s, Avec Les Filles is the latest brand launched by Orthodox mother of five Joyce Azria
By Lisa Klug
Knesset staffers protest against the dress code in the Israeli Parliament, in Jerusalem, December 14, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 15, 2016, 10:13 pm
Knesset eases dress code rules after protest
Parliament speaker Yuli Edelstein says MKs will ask their aides to use discretion in their wardrobe choices
By AFP
Knesset staffers protest against the dress code in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, December 14, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 14, 2016, 9:27 pm
Knesset panel to study attire as guards called off policing skirts
House speaker meets with MKs, sides agree enforcement of dress rules will be relaxed so long as Knesset workers act with ‘common sense’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A security guard at the entrance to the Knesset in Jerusalem. November 4, 2009. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
December 12, 2016, 10:00 pm
2nd aide this week denied entry to Knesset over ‘short’ dress
Guards refuse to allow female adviser to MK to enter because of her outfit, forcing her to go home and change
By ToI Staff
Shaked Hasson, assitant to MK Merav Michaeli, wearing the dress and leggings which were deemed inappropriate for the Knesset (Courtesy)
December 12, 2016, 2:09 pm
Knesset aide detained after dress deemed too short
MK Merav Michaeli accuses ‘modesty police’ of humiliating her aide for wearing mid-thigh outfit and leggings
By ToI Staff and Raoul Wootliff
Israeli girls dressed up as bees, and not Knesset lawmakers, for Purim in 2010. (Illustrative photo: Nati Shohat)
November 30, 2016, 5:32 pm
Knesset fashion police ban miniskirts
Revised dress code for visitors and employees in the parliamentary building is enforced by guards at the entrance
By ToI Staff
In this Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 photo, a Muslim woman holds her child at a beach in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
September 4, 2016, 1:15 am
French uproar creates opportunity for Israeli burkinis
‘Finally we are the normal ones,’ chuckles one Tel Aviv-area maker of the modest swimwear briefly banned in 30 cities in France
By Daniella Cheslow
A woman wearing a burkini joins a demonstration outside the French Embassy in London on August 25, 2016, during a 'Wear what you want beach party' to protest the ban on the swimwear on French beaches, and to show solidarity with Muslim women. (AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS)
August 30, 2016, 5:56 am
Israel’s ‘modest’ swimmers wade into burkini controversy
Both Israeli Arabs and Jews insist full-body swimwear isn’t just for religious women, and government has no place making fashion decrees
By Melanie Lidman
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