Panic in Williamsburg, New York
Ultra-Orthodox Jews in New York City's Brooklyn Williamsburg community are in an uproar over non-kosher wigs. In orthodox Jewish tradition, since married women are not permitted to show their natural hair, wives often turn to wearing wigs. However, it has been discovered a number of these hair pieces have originated from India, the byproduct of Hindu religious rituals in which the hair is shaven. Polytheism being the antithesis of and thus a big no-no to monetheistic Judaism, ladies are burning their wigs.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Rabbis spark wig burning rumpus
posted by Jimbo Trout @ Monday, May 17, 2004
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