The Swedish clothing chain seems to have taken its latest look from straight out of the synagogue.
By JTAUpdated: JANUARY 7, 2016 10:57H&M scarf resembling a Talit, a Jewish prayer shawl(photo credit: screenshot)
H&M is at it again — they’ve made a women's scarf that looks remarkably like a tallit, a Jewish prayer shawl mainly worn by men.Fashion website Racked reported that the fast-fashion retailer is currently hawking a beige scarf with black stripes on its website for $17.99. “H&M even incorporated its own version of tzitzit, the knotted fringe you’ll find on every tallit,” the story noted.The Stockholm-based chain also has a matching fringed poncho for $34.99.This isn’t H&M’s first foray into prayer-shawl chic: In 2011, they issued a similarly-styled women’s poncho. (Three years later, the brand was accused of anti-Semitism when it issued a tank top with a skull superimposed atop a Star of David.)H&M is hardly the only major fashion retailer to wade into Jewish (or anti-Semitic) territory. Notably, in the summer of 2014, the Spain-based chain Zara sold a children’s striped “sheriff” T-shirt that looked alarmingly like a concentration-camp uniform, complete with a six-pointed yellow star on the left breast.Amid a social media firestorm, the brand apologized and pulled the item from stores.