Perhaps another point of view.

For years Hasidic women have had to sit at the rear end of public buses because of modesty or because of what the Ultra-Orthodox Jews consider to be modesty. Mickey Gitzin, the director of Be Free Israel, a nonprofit organization that promotes religious pluralism said "It's a slippery slope. What starts with women boarding the bus in the back because of modesty can end up with women not voting," he further went on to say, "It could turn Israeli society into a segregated society in which women don't have a place in public life."

Whilst doing some research on the Hasidic Jews and the different collections inspired by Hasidim (hebrew word for Hasidic Jews) I came across this photography editorial: FINDING A VIRTUOUS (JEWISH) WOMAN BY LIOR NORDMAN, on Trendland, for the Israeli fashion magazine, Belle Mode.


"The Israeli fashion magazine Belle Mode published this provocative/controversial editorial as a way to protest against the infringement on the rights of women on religious grounds. Photographed by Lior Nordman, there is very few credits and info about the shoot, but the concept is explained on the video below." CYRIL FOIRET, 07 FEB 2012 

In the video below, Maya Pollack, editor of the Belle Mode magazine discusses the manipulation of harsh boundaries placed upon women of the Ultra-Orthodox, Hasidic sect by the juxtaposition of modesty and "closed" dress sense to immodest and highly seductive dress.

Both Maya and the photographer want to express this issue in its strongest form by flaunting the women and showing her off in a provocative sense. Maya's hope is that the message will be successfully portrayed. "This is a very popular topic that people are very cautious not to engage with and we decided not to be cautious, from my point of view women deserve credit for all they have done for the world." Lior Nordman, photographer.

In my understanding of religion there is space for everyones beliefs and ideals is this world. However in order for there to be peace and balance among the people, each of us have to embrace and make space for other peoples opinions and value systems. It is with respect for others that we can learn to understand and perhaps accepted what is foreign to us.