modesty

KLM airplanes at Schiphol airport in the Netherlands. (KLM)

Dutch airline KLM discriminated when it asked woman to move for Orthodox man, watchdog finds

The flight crew bumped the wife of a lawmaker from her seat because a observant Jewish man wouldn’t sit near her on a flight from New York to Amsterdam.

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 24, 2020 4:35 pm

Ideas

How Ilhan Omar inspired one Orthodox Jewish woman to start wearing a headscarf

A Jewish woman asks: If the congresswoman can wear a head covering proudly in public, why can’t I?

August 28, 2019 12:27 pm

Ideas

Stop blaming women’s clothing for men’s bad decisions

We keep doubling down on the need to hide bodies away lest they prompt their own assaults, writes a clinical psychologist who specializes in trauma.

April 1, 2019 5:10 pm

Women who sued to remove Israeli city’s modesty signs get death threats

December 17, 2017 1:12 pm

Analysis

Is Mike Pence’s marriage rule anti-women — or pro-religion?

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 5, 2017 4:18 pm

Burkini ban is great for business, says Israeli-French maker of modest swimsuits

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 25, 2016 4:18 pm

Covered-up chic: Modest swimwear is having a moment

By Lucy Cohen Blatter June 1, 2016 3:58 pm

Haredi passenger riots on El Al flight over ‘immodest’ movie

February 24, 2016 3:41 pm

Mayim Bialik puts Jewish modesty aside, flashes Piers Morgan

February 9, 2016 4:41 pm

Is Yeshivah of Flatbush ‘predatory’ in its scrutiny of girls’ attire?

By Uriel Heilman September 11, 2014 5:13 pm

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