Dress Flashcards
1
Q
How are HJ immediately recognisable?
A
By their style of dress and appearance.
2
Q
How do HJ dress?
A
- black suits with long black coats
- large black hat worn over small skull cap
3
Q
What is required for HJ women?
A
- modesty
- therefore skirts cover knees
- sleeves extend over elbows
- no low neck lines
4
Q
What is the dress requirement once HJ are married?
A
- required to cover hair, so she must wear a wig
5
Q
What has their instant visibility made them a source of?
A
- ridicule and discrimination
- assimilation for this group has been impossible because their requirements cannot be adhered to in secular society
6
Q
Where is one of the biggest Hasidic communities?
A
North London, an area that provides all that is needed to survive
7
Q
What other part of the Jewish dress is distinctive?
A
- the kippah
- OJ wear one at all times
- some RJ only wear them at the synagogue or at special events
