Shtreimel

The Schtreimel ( Yiddish: שטרייַמל, pl שטרייַמלעך schtreimlech. ) Is a Jewish head covering. The Schtreimel is today, but not exclusively, worn especially by married Hasidic Jews during religious festivals and celebrations. The Schtreimel consists of a piece of velvet with a wide fur edge, mostly from tails of Russian sables or of so-called Canadian sable, but also from pine marten tails or tails of American Grisfuchsfelle.

By the Shoah Schtreimeltradition in Europe is almost extinct. Only in Hasidic communities such as London, Antwerp, Vienna and Zurich, there are Schtreimelträger. Schtreimel are currently being produced in Israel, in New York City and Montréal.

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The in France until the early sixties almost forgotten Schtreimel was called back by the movie The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob as a symbol of Jewish- Hasidic culture larger segments of the population into consciousness.