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May. 18th, 2004 11:39 amOrthodox Jews in Brooklyn Burn Banned Wigs
By THOMAS J. LUECK, New York Times
Published: May 17, 2004
An emotional upheaval within Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish community spilled into the streets yesterday when hundreds of people gathered at a Williamsburg intersection, piled women's wigs on the pavement and burned them in a series of small bonfires.
The demonstration, involving members of the Satmar community and other Orthodox Jews, came days after word spread that rabbinical authorities in Jerusalem had ruled that the wigs, which were made of human hair from India, were no longer acceptable because they might have been used in Hindu ceremonies seen as idolatrous in Orthodox teaching.
"They just found out that the wigs are derived from Hindu hair,'' said Miriam Friedman, 25, a neighborhood resident who joined the crowd as it gathered about 6 p.m. to burn about 300 wigs, a few still attached to mannequin heads, at Lee Avenue and Rodney Street. ( Read more... )
By THOMAS J. LUECK, New York Times
Published: May 17, 2004
An emotional upheaval within Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish community spilled into the streets yesterday when hundreds of people gathered at a Williamsburg intersection, piled women's wigs on the pavement and burned them in a series of small bonfires.
The demonstration, involving members of the Satmar community and other Orthodox Jews, came days after word spread that rabbinical authorities in Jerusalem had ruled that the wigs, which were made of human hair from India, were no longer acceptable because they might have been used in Hindu ceremonies seen as idolatrous in Orthodox teaching.
"They just found out that the wigs are derived from Hindu hair,'' said Miriam Friedman, 25, a neighborhood resident who joined the crowd as it gathered about 6 p.m. to burn about 300 wigs, a few still attached to mannequin heads, at Lee Avenue and Rodney Street. ( Read more... )
