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From: rhendel@mcs.drexel.edu (Russell Hendel)
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 13:01:38 -0400
Subject: Wigs

Ben Waxman [Vol 26n83] asks for sources concerning women wearing wigs vs
scarfs.

As long as this is under discussion perhaps someone can give me a source
for something I heard several years ago: I was told that during one
pogram women were allowed to wear wigs (vs head coverings) so that the
plunderers should not be able to recognize them as Jewish. I was told
that this allowance gradually filtered down into the general allowance
of women to wear wigs.

Since I am against wigs I "jumped" at the opportunity to "justify" my
opinion with a good story. But does anyone know of a source for this?
Did this happen more than once? How did the allowance during pogroms to
wear a wig effect the general custom.

Russell Jay Hendel; PH.d;ASA rhendel @ mcs drexel edu