While hair covering is a common practice across many Jewish communities, some Hasidic women take the observance of modesty a step further by shaving their heads entirely. This practice is specific ...

A direct descendant of Hasidic Judaism's founder ... "I want to have long hair! Why can my sisters have long hair and I can't?" At 13, I had my bar mitzvah, which is when a boy becomes a man ...

Vizel spent her first 25 years as a Satmar Hasidic Jew, before making the scandalous ... Married women cover their hair with a wig or scarf, and rigorous modesty rules must be adhered to.