I’m not exactly sure when certian people in the frum community decided to make tznius into the cause of all the calamities that befall the Jewish people, but it seems that the two major causes of evil in this world…
Tag: modesty
The Carpool is the latest breach in tznius
It’s unfortunate that our society has begun the downward spiral in morality, but since the beginning of time, each generation has had it’s own yetzer harahs and these days The Carpool has become a serious nisayon that we have only…
Thanks to Aish I now want to be a Mormon
Dear Heshy, I want you to post this, not only because it can be inspiring, but because I think it should send a thank you to Aish who was the cause of a lot of happiness and discovery over the…
The tznius blame game
I’m not exactly sure where the idea that dressing tznius would somehow help men achieve this mythical non-objectivity status. I’m fairly certian, that despite the tznius rhetoric, frum women dressing tzniusly has not exactly elevated their status in the frum…
Tznius is a beautiful mitzvah
Tznius is truly a beautiful mitzvah, it’s one in which many women who aren’t even frum yet can shine in. It puts the bas yisroel on display for all to see how much yiras shamayim she has and it’s becoming…
Kosher camera blots out women’s faces in the name of modesty
I’ve always said that much of orthodoxy ends up being about the money, sure there’s sex involved, but it almost always leads to some sort of swindel. You have the shidduch crisis, kollel and the latest mehadrin bus beat downs,…
Modesty sign in Williamsburg deemed immodest
The modesty sign on one of the doors of one of the biggest Jewish supermarkets in the Chassidic-Hipster community of Williamsburg has been deemed immodest by the vaad hatznius which patrols the neighborhood looking for anything that may be deemed…
What’s under the modest swimwear?
Recently, a company in Israel advertised their modest swimwear for frum women on many Jewish community e-mail lists. One list member asked me the obvious question, and it has bothered me since. What is the point of modest swimwear? Do frum…
Esther Petrack a Modern Orthodox Jewish Girl on America’s Next Top Model
Original Post Date: September 16, 2010 on finkorswim.com Tablet Magazine reports that there is a Modern Orthodox girl named Esther Petrack from Massachusetts on America’s Next Top Model with Tyra Banks. It’s always cool to see a fellow member of…
Vaad Hatznius guidelines regarding laundry
A fan sent to this to me via Facebook The following is being reported exclusively by the Torah True Times. The Vaad Ha Tznius has just issued the following guidelines regarding laundry. It has come to our attention that many…
Sexual compatibility did not decide my marriage
By Yocheved Sidof originally posted on Alef Next What comes first, the chicken or the egg? What about love or sex? In my life, Love came first; or so I thought… I grew up in a tightly knit Chassidic community…
The Christian Side Hug: modest hugging for non-Jews
The Chrsitians have just realized that hugging may be a little immodest, full frontal hugging that is. Someone just sent me this rap song called “Gimme Dat Christian Side Hug” (watch the video below) which makes me feel for the…