Category Archives: Feminism

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

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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

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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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‘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

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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

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