Modesty

Parashat Balak: Guarding our eyes

Jewish tradition values personal modesty and meaningful inner growth that is not displayed for public attention. Such conduct is fitting for a people who serve God.

ONE SHOULD NOT intrude into the life of his neighbor.
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More than wigs: The women behind Israel’s sheitels

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Iranian singer arrested for not wearing hijab in Youtube concert video

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Israeli underwear brand to shoot first Israeli campaign in UAE

The company said that the chance to shoot in the UAE is a "dream come true."

May Tager modeling Fix

New ‘kosher Netflix’ service in Israel lets viewers skip 'immodest' parts

The Tov TV service, dubbed the “kosher Netflix” by the Israeli daily Haaretz, is geared toward observant Jews who follow the religious laws of modesty.

An illustration photo shows the logo of Netflix, the American provider of on-demand internet streaming media.

Women wearing low cut tops barred from Facebook by Cambodian government

"Go to their places and order them to stop live-streaming until they change to proper clothes," the prime minister said.

Apsara dancers perform as people watching at the Freedom Park during a celebration of the International Human Rights Day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia December 10, 2019

Bar-Ilan U. eliminates requirements of modest dress, kippah for male religion classes

Students had been required to sign a statement accepting the requirements and acknowledging that the university operates “in the spirit of the Torah and tradition of Israel.”

Bar Ilan University's Institute for Nantechnology and Advanced Materials

Mayim Bialik embraces modest fashion line in Bet Shemesh

“I have decided that my sexual self is best reserved for private situations with those I am most intimate with,” she said in 2017. “I dress modestly."

Mayim Bialik embraces modest fashion line

The unorthodox credo of modest fashion icon Devora Golan

“Modesty doesn’t have to equal ugly or boring,” Golan’s Instagram tagline reads.

DEVORA GOLAN ‘could give a whole shiur on the topic of looking one’s best.’

My Modest Proposal: Let us all abstain from touching

Listening to Nancy Pelosi, I realized how much clarity shomer negia would bring to today’s confusing relationships.

Less of this?

Israel Museum exhibit uncovers the truth about clothing

Unrevealing clothes actually reveal much about the wearers, at the Israel Museum.

Muslim women in more contemporary attire

Jewish modest fashion designer Batsheva Hay grabs celebrity attention

When Hay, who grew up in a secular Jewish home, married her husband, the pair were beginning a journey of religious practice.

BATSHEVA HAY (right) with actress Christina Ricci and other models wearing her designs at her fashion show in New York in February.

Religious youths attack teen girl for 'immodest' clothing

No arrests were made yet, in the Tiberias incident.

Graffiti and signs in Beit Shemesh tell people to wear only modest clothing