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Category Archives: Feminism
Ban Dropped On Women Delivering Eulogies
From The Jerusalem Post: A rabbi in northern Israel who came under attack for what some called blatant male chauvinism agreed this week to stop reproaching women for eulogizing their deceased loved ones. Haim Adani, Rabbi of Elyachin, a town … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Israel, Orthodoxy
Tagged funeral procession, jerusalem post, jewish wisdom, male chauvinism, national jewish center, orthodox jew
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Should The Orthodox Ordain Women?
Orthodox rabbi Gil Student writes: On Sunday March 21st, 2009, Rabbi Avi Weiss conferred Yoreh Yoreh ordination on his congregational intern, Ms. Sara Hurwitz. The official certificate does not use the term rabbi but instead Rabbi Weiss invented a new … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Orthodoxy, Rabbis
Tagged gil student, orthodox rabbi, rabbi avi weiss, rabbi weiss, rabbinic intern, traditional synagogue
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Orthodox Women Rabbis
Moshe responds to the argument that there is no objection in Jewish law to a woman becoming a rabbi: You mention the Rav, which is ironic since it’s well documented that he objected to women even being shul president, let … Continue reading
A Woman Leads Kiddish At Bnai David
Reb Mimi Feigelson, who some say was the first woman ordained an Orthodox rabbi (99% of Orthodox Jews would not recognize any woman as a rabbi), led the shul kiddish one Shabbos morning three weeks back. Leading the kiddish has … Continue reading
Posted in Bnai David-Judea, Feminism, Mimi Feigelson, Orthodoxy
Tagged orthodox jews, orthodox rabbi, orthodox shul, reb, shabbos
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Married Women Should Take On Their Husband’s Last Name
I would not marry a woman who wouldn’t drop her maiden name and take on my last name (I’m aping something said by Dennis Prager). From YNET News: Married women should give up their maiden name, Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Feminism
Tagged Dennis Prager, hellip, independent entity, permissiveness, whole home, yona metzger
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An Interview With Yael Katzir, Director Of ‘Praying In Her Own Voice’
1. Why did I choose to make the film For many years I am dealing with topics that concern womens’ role in our society. In 2000 I did a documentary on the role of women in the army – the … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Israel, Yael Katzir
Tagged comunities, freedom of expression, israeli women, old city of jerusalem, secular jew, violent women
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A Spiritual Artist Examines ‘Praying In Her Own Voice’
Rabbi Sharon Brous of Ikar begins the movie: "I’ve traveled all over the world and I’ve prayed with talit and tefillin in trains in Japan in airplanes going to Prague and to France and the only place I’m actually scared … Continue reading
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Tagged chief rabbinate, kotel plaza, prayer groups, reading from the torah, temple kol ami, western wall in jerusalem
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‘Praying In Her Own Voice’
I invite a Torah girl to watch this documentary with me. She replies: Do you need me to be a 10th for a minyan of fat, ugly women? "These women are fat and passionate and old and bizarre." I’ll come wearing tefillin, talis … Continue reading
Powerful Jewish women verboten at Ms. Magazine
From Bloggish: Ms. Magazine — a feminist monthly founded by Jewish Gloria Steinem — won’t accept a display ad that celebrates the postion of women in the government of Israel. The ad (above), which features photos of the president of … Continue reading
‘Praying In Her Own Voice’
Rahel Jaskow writes March 23, 2007: This morning I went to the DocAviv International Documentary Film Festival in Tel Aviv with other members of Women of the Wall to see Praying in Her Own Voice (Hebrew title: Kol be-isha tefilla), … Continue reading →