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Meet The Sheitel Fairy Godmother, Providing Wigs To Needy Orthodox Women

JL;DR SUMMARY Staci Segal has launched "The Sheitel Shuffle," a transformative initiative offering free sheitels to Orthodox women who cannot afford them. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CustomsVolunteeringCommunity SupportDignityCultural PracticesOrthodox Jewish WomenWigsSheitelStaci SegalThe Sheitel Shuffle

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Manhattan, New York, United States
"Married for nearly thirty years, Segal, born and raised on Manhattans Lower East Side, is a public school teacher in the neighborhood."
Spring Valley, New York, United States
"sighs an exasperated Spring Valley woman who shelled out $800 for a defective sheitel"
Williamsburg, New York, United States
"One day I was walking across the Williamsburg Bridge to meet Staci for lunch"
North Carolina, United States
"Sara Oppenheim, a resident of North Carolina, agrees."
New York, United States
"and it was a challenge to buy his wife a new sheitel. Everyone wants to look their best and its especially important when youre going through tough times and you don’t feel your best, she says recalling a trip to New York where Segal arranged for her neighbor to meet Oppenheim in a local park to drop off a sheitel since she was out of town."
New York, United States
"Married for nearly thirty years, Segal, born and raised on Manhattans Lower East Side, is a public school teacher in the neighborhood."

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