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Wigs

Satmar women use these cosmetic implements as a means of conveying their modesty and to comply with the rules set out by the community's leadership as to how women should look.

Bubbe's Food

As a young girl and child, Feldman uses this to try to help fill the emotional void she feels.

Mikvah

This special bath for women represents a purification process, especially after menstruation or before a woman's marriage.

Feldman's Engagement Ring From Eli

This piece of jewelry represents Feldman's estrangement from her then-fiance Eli, whom she feels did not bother to try to pick something special that would suit her.

Libraries

These buildings represent freedom, hope and possibility for Feldman as a young girl who loves literature.

White Handkerchiefs

These cloths that Feldman and other Satmar women are obliged to wipe themselves with symbolize intrusion and shame.

Mystic River

This film, the first one that...

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