A leading rabbi in Beersheba has ruled that Jewish women should not wear anything red, implying that it makes them look like hookers. In response, several female lawmakers in Jerusalem wore red to work in protest.
It’s not up to a rabbi to tell us to whether to wear black or red or any other color,” said Erela Golan, a legislator from the Shinui party who organized the protest. “Just because we wear red doesn’t mean we are prostitutes.
Of course it doesn’t. But easy on the red fishnet stockings until this blows over.
In other news relating to our second favorite color (the first is orange, the preferred color of the insane), it seems the red bendel might be rescued from accessory hell for a fashion comeback…as long as you have the “authentic” version.