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Modest Clothing for Jerusalem Travel





Here's an important tip about modest clothing: Make sure you've packed some before you close your suitcase.

It's true - culture impacts what you need to bring almost as much as the weather does.

Modest Clothing


Jerusalem is place to let your soul shine – not flaunt your bod.


Clothing matters here.

Shorts and sleeveless Tees might not be out of place in the commercial center of town (and you’ll see plenty of them) but Jerusalem’s population is largely religious and modest dress is important – in fact, required – at many major tourist sights and in many neighborhoods. So when you go out sightseeing, make sure to dress appropriately.

What's "appropriate"?

Fortunately, the rules of modest dress are pretty clearly defined; there’s no guess work here:

  • For men: Long pants or at least long shorts, and no sleeveless tops.

  • For women: Tops that cover the collar bone on down with sleeves to the elbow, and skirts long enough to cover at a minimum the knees. (No pants!)

  • We recommend women bring at least one long pull-on skirt that can be stashed in a backpack and whipped out when necessary.

    At most Christian, Muslim and Jewish sites and in the Armenian Quarter, you will simply not be allowed in if you are not dressed appropriately. (At the Western Wall, guards hand out wrap-around skirts to women in pants.)

    Don’t take it personally – H.R.H. Princess Margaret herself was refused entrance to one of the churches on the Mt. of Olives for showing up in a sleeveless dress.

    However, stories of immodestly dressed women being stoned in Ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods are simply not true. But if you are going to head into religious Jewish or Arab neighborhoods, you will be showing respect to the residents by dressing appropriately and will thus earn their appreciation and respect in return.







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