Wigs

Crown Heights: Wig thief stole $30k in wigs and materials

Police re-arrest criminal who broke into Crown Heights wig store, stealing $30,000 worth of wigs and materials to make them.

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Wigs for women with cancer, quickly and from their own hair

A special initiative by wig maker Chaya Branfman provides a quick response to women suffering from cancer, bringing hope and dignity to sick women at a difficult time in their lives.

Half a million in damages

Man who broke into shop and ruined 'immodest' wigs indicted

Police submitted an indictment against a Jerusalem resident who broke into a shop and caused thousands of shekels of damage to wigs he deemed immodest.

Ashdod rabbi orders religious certification of wigs

A hasidic rabbi in Ashdod has warned that Jews should only purchase wigs certified not to have been made using hair derived from a ritual head-shaving practiced in India.

Cancer patients' wigs stolen from Ichilov Hospital

Hospital calls for new donations after cancer patients find wigs have been stolen when they come to pick them up.

Watch: Thief makes off with wigs worth half a million shekels

Wild police chase leads to capture of thief who robbed wig store.

Chief Rabbi of Israel denounces wigs as 'idolatrous'

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, Chief Rabbi of Israel, slams custom of wearing wigs, saying the hair used is collected in idolatrous rituals.

Custom wigs - not only for orthodox women

World-acclaimed New York wig designer Dini Weinberg opens new branch in Jerusalem and offers her products to all segments of society.

Wig wearers excluded from hearing shofar

A Jerusalem synagogue told female wig wearers they could not hear the shofar in its precincts.