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Leah Kook, wife of a prominent Tiberias rabbi, issues a call to boycott a local mall over immodest ads, May 2026. (Screenshots/Instagram, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 4, 2026, 12:08 am
‘They see naked women’: Haredi leaders urge boycott of Tiberias mall over bikini ads
Proposed boycott over immodest photos has led to backlash from northern city’s deputy mayor, in latest instance of a mall being at the center of a Haredi-secular clash
By ToI Staff
Elke Reva Sudin adjusts a tichel, or headcovering, on a model before a photo shoot highlighting her newly launched 'Crown Collection.' (Saul Sudin)
September 4, 2023, 1:52 am
An artist is celebrating her Judaism with a line of luxurious headscarves for women
Released just ahead of NY Fashion Week, Elke Reva Sudin’s new ‘Crown Collection’ weaves fashion, tradition and Jewish mysticism, while each individual design holds its own message
By Cathryn J. Prince
Muslim men pray along an a pavement by a public beach after a demonstration against modesty customs, in Lebanon's southern city of Sidon on May 21, 2023. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP)
May 21, 2023, 9:11 pm
Lebanese women protest modesty norms after beachgoer harassed for bathing suit
Activists gather at beach in southern city of Sidon despite ban on protest; conservative Muslims arrive to disperse demonstrators, hold prayer service
By AFP
(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
Muslim women walk by the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on December 20, 2015. (Esther Rubyan/FLASH90)
August 25, 2022, 7:21 am
Hamas rages at Spanish tourist who posed in ‘immodest’ clothes at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Terror group accuses woman in low-cut dress of being a ‘Zionist extremist’ who sought to provoke Palestinians; Hebrew media identifies her as Christian visitor
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Headcovering for Orthodox Jewish women for sale at a shop in the Jewish quarter in Antwerp, Belgium, on December 9, 2014 (Johanna Geron/FLASH90)
June 1, 2022, 1:11 pm
Prominent Hasidic rebbe bans glitzy head coverings for women
Spokesman Rabbi Yisrael Brecher of the Vizhnitz dynasty says ‘some headscarves don’t reflect any religious piety’
By ToI Staff
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
Tov TV (screenshot)
July 29, 2020, 9:25 pm
New ‘kosher’ streaming service lets viewers skip immodest bits
Tov TV is geared toward observant Jews who follow the religious laws of modesty
By JTA
Israeli protesters chant slogans as they march in the SlutWalk in central Jerusalem, on May 24, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 25, 2019, 8:52 pm
600 join Jerusalem SlutWalk against sexual violence
In conservative capital, some demonstrators march half-dressed carrying signs lamenting rape culture and perpetual state of emergency that places women at risk
By ToI Staff
Women who took their tops off at a protest by ultra-Orthodox men in Jerusalem on May 18, 2019. (screenshot)
May 21, 2019, 3:22 pm
Jerusalem Haredi protesters flee after women strip down to bras
Ultra-Orthodox males demonstrating against Eurovision Shabbat ‘desecration’ leave scene rather than look at immodestly clad females
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of bride Shira Hirschkovitz drumming at her own wedding. (YouTube)
February 28, 2019, 2:18 pm
Bride drums up controversy at her wedding
Newlywed pounds out a beat to the delight of guests, but ultra-Orthodox supervisors rap hall owners over ‘modesty’ issues
By Stuart Winer
Friday prayers in Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt, on June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
January 14, 2019, 11:37 pm
Egypt university scraps expulsion of woman over hug
Viral video shows student hugging colleague in apparent marriage proposal; decision overturned when country’s top Muslim cleric intervenes in her favor
By AFP
Illustrative. A female student walking past Al-Azhar university in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, June 9, 2015. (Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP)
January 13, 2019, 10:11 pm
Egypt university expels female student for hugging male friend in video
Disciplinary council of the Al-Azhar school accuses woman of undermining school’s image; man who received embrace will also be punished
By AFP
Ultra-Orthodox people walk past a “modesty sign“ in Beit Shemesh. (Sam Sokol)
August 8, 2018, 2:08 pm
Dropouts from ultra-Orthodox life battle extremists in a divided Israeli city
In Beit Shemesh, tensions are spiking between those seeking to enforce strict modesty ideals and those who reject them
By Sam Sokol
A screen capture from a video of a young woman being chased in Beit Shemesh by a group of ultra-Orthodox men over her "immodest" clothes. (Screen capture: YouTube)
July 17, 2018, 9:39 pm
Girls chased by ultra-Orthodox mob in Beit Shemesh over ‘immodest’ clothes
Video shows young woman in shorts and a t-shirt fleeing from dozens of screaming men as they run after her
By ToI Staff
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