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Over the past few years there is a weirder than usual phenomenon that\u2019s been developing in some Israeli Haredi circles.\u00a0 It\u2019s the case of the \u201cTaliban women<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is a group of women, not more than a few hundred, who cover up every inch of themselves from head to toe.\u00a0 It\u2019s basically a Jewish burqa, only less Muslim looking.\u00a0 Tellingly, the practice is mostly found among newly-religious women. The trend gained infamy when one prominent \u201cTaliban woman\u201d was convicted of horribly abusing her children and gained the moniker \u201cTaliban Mother.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now some Haredi rabbis have had enough<\/a>.\u00a0 I find it difficult to believe, but for reasons of their own, they\u2019ve started to come out against it.\u00a0 There have been reports in the press that these women, in addition to raising their children in twisted and violent ways, are also denying certain pleasures to their husbands.\u00a0 This inability to control these women might explain why some rabbis are suddenly so concerned with this.<\/p>\n

At this time it involves so few women that it can hardly be a cause for panic.\u00a0 But it is interesting to note that it is a practice that is encouraged solely by women and that it is associated with child abuse.\u00a0 What internalized self-hatred could lead to something like this? \u00a0 It would take a team of psychologists working on them full time to untwist it all.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"