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The Washington Post reported in May that ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem are campaigning against the popular modern practice of wig wearing among married women, who by religious law must cover their hair and have traditionally done so with snoods or cloth coverings like scarves. The ultra-Orthodox say the wigs don’t meet religious requirements and that a woman who wears one is “preparing herself for hell.” “When the Messiah comes, the first thing he will do is eliminate the wig” is a message that has appeared on walls.
A Tokyo fabrics worker, Keiko Yoshida, 32, announced in April that she’d invented women’s underwear that shreds in extremely hot water. She believes it will be a big seller because the government recently required garbage to be packaged in transparent bags, making traditionally modest Japanese women embarrassed to throw out old underwear.
Just Can’t Stop Myself
The district attorney of Rockland County, New York, resigned in May after a former mistress revealed secrets about their three-year affair. According to the woman, Ken Gribetz had made a “contract” with her to be her sex slave, referred to himself on her answering machine as a “bad girl,” and stored his cross-dressing wardrobe (including a gold lame miniskirt) in her home.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): Illustration/Shawn Belschwender.
