sheitel

Although Caspary deftly shows that a sheitel is a wig, she does not explain its significance.

Ideology as cultural marker 2009

Although Caspary deftly shows that a sheitel is a wig, she does not explain its significance.

Archive 2009-07-01 2009

For those not familiar with a sheitel, it's a wig worn by observant Jews.

Sue Perkins on the joy of the gym Sue Perkins 2010

In the next paragraph, a “homely old crone who wore a sheitel” leaves the hotel “without having touched a bite of food.”

Ideology as cultural marker 2009

For Jewish readers, however, who immediately spot the significance of the sheitel, no inference is necessary.

Ideology as cultural marker 2009

Their mothers were not so quick to abandon their sheitel (wig), the most tangible sign of old-world customs and the underlying religious values it symbolized.

Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Archival Resources on the History of Jewish Women in America. 2009

Meinkin, a pious Jew throughout her life, was even known to wear a tallit while praying and covered her hair with a sheitel (“wig”) later in life.

Sarah Feiga Meinkin Foner. 2009

I hope the blast blows that awful sheitel she wears clean off her head.

You keep abusing that word "progressive" ... CC 2009

For Jewish readers, however, who immediately spot the significance of the sheitel, no inference is necessary.

Archive 2009-07-01 2009

In the next paragraph, a “homely old crone who wore a sheitel” leaves the hotel “without having touched a bite of food.”

Archive 2009-07-01 2009