A very untraditional bat mitzvah tallit holds the key to tradition
For her daughter's bat mitzvah, artist Mindy Stricke wove a symbolic web of tradition and ancestry
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Looking Forward ‘Things have souls’: How a handwritten letter from 1879 became a very special bar mitzvah tallit
This tallit weaves multiple generations and cherished family artifacts into its fabric
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Life For Jewish Women, Choosing A Tallit — A Prayer Shawl — Can Get Complicated
Is there such a thing as a “woman’s tallit”? Maybe not. On fashion runways this season, non-gender-conforming styles are all the rage. And to some extent, that’s also true for those blue and white tallitot, which have traditionally been thought of as “a man’s tallit,” but are now widely worn by adults of all genders…
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Life The 5 Best Places To Buy A Tallit For Every Jewish Denomination
A tallit (or tallis, for some) is a deeply personal garment, and choosing the right one is not to be taken lightly.Today’s tallitot come in all sizes, colors, and styles just like the individuals making up the increasingly inclusive Jewish community. Whether you’re hunting for a rainbow tallit gadol (big tallit) that allows for joyful…
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Life Why Buying My Daughter A Tallit Wasn’t An Easy Decision
The day that I never thought would come, never imagined would be a milestone for me or my daughter, is here. I am buying my daughter her first tallit. I’m not sure why this feels so groundbreaking to me. She’s two – to her, the tallit is just a toy. Her 4-year-old brother found his…
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News EXPLAINED: Why Did Donald Trump Wear a Prayer Shawl — and Why Are Jews So Upset?
On Saturday, presidential candidate Donald Trump was draped in a Jewish prayer shawl by a pastor during a visit to a black church in Detroit. Bishop Wayne Jackson of the Great Faith Ministries placed the tallit on Trump’s shoulders. “I want to just put this on you,” Jackson said. Jewish observers were baffled. Others offended,…
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Opinion Why It’s Absurd for a Pastor To Give Donald Trump a Jewish Prayer Shawl
“This is a prayer shawl straight from Israel,” Detroit pastor Bishop Wayne Jackson said as he draped a tallit around Donald Trump’s shoulders on Saturday, casually appropriating a Jewish ritual item for Christian purposes. Trump, who had just addressed the Great Faith Ministries, a black church, in an attempt to make inroads with African-American voters,…
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Life Why Is It So Hard to Get Used to a Woman Wearing a Tallit?
When I was a kid, we had a famous riddle that I heard/told dozens of times. It involved a man and his son who were in a car accident. The man dies instantly, and the son is rushed to the hospital. The surgeon is about to operate on the boy, and suddenly exclaims, “I can’t…
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