Haredi MKs Embarrassed As All Wear Same Outfit AGAIN

None left to change clothes or to raise the awkward subject with the identically-attired others.

Jerusalem, July 30 – A fashion faux pas occurred for at least the hundredth time this year, observers reported today, when lawmakers from the “ultra-orthodox” parties in the Knesset showed up with the identical color, cut, and style of clothing.

MKs Mordechai Gafni, Uri Maklev, and Yisrael Eichler all came to the parliament building today in black single-breasted suits with white shirts, and understated tie. On their heads they each wore a velvet kippah, and each one either wore or carried a black fedora. Observers noticed the similarities in the men’s garb and began murmuring. Discussion soon began over whether which of the legislators, if any, would mention the awkward situation first, and to which of the other men.

Speculation also covered the question of whether any of the identically-clad men would attempt to address the faux pas by changing his outfit.

MK Aryeh Deri of the Shas Party appeared at the compound in a similar color of suit later in the day, and no tie, but was not present at the same time as the others. He appeared unaware of the fashion brouhaha that took place.

Knesset staff recalled similar incidents throughout the year so far, involving in some cases the same men; it remained unclear whether the black-suit getup in those earlier occurrences was the same as today’s; sources among each legislator’s aides disclosed that the lawmakers own multiple black suits, as well as separate fedoras for weekdays and for the Sabbath, festivals, or celebratory occasions such as weddings.

Knesset archivist Nubeh Emet cited a number of analogous cases from the last several decades, some of them involving figures of immense statute in Israeli politics and history. He noted a case in 1955 when then-Prime-Minister David Ben-Gurion came to the Knesset – then in a building on King George Street in downtown Jerusalem, as opposed to the dedicated, secure compound the institution has occupied since 1966 – in the same color open-collared button-down shirt as six other members of his Mapai Party, plus dark trousers and with nothing on their heads. Emet also noted the protracted nature of the incident, which took place at every session of the Knesset from 1949 to 1983, involving a rotating group of legislators.

Several times the shirts in the incidents were striped or plaid instead. As in today’s occurrence, none of the participants left to change clothes, or, records appear to indicate, to raise the awkward subject with the identically-attired others, presumably because it would be so embarrassingly weird.

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