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Category Archives: R. Yosef Kanefsky
The Challenge To Orthodox Judaism From Within
Rabbi Dov Fischer writes: This is the Way of the new challenge to Mesorah emanating from “Morethodoxy,” the International Rabbinic Fellowship (IRF), and the Chovevei Torah seminary (YCT). As new demands from them emerge to ordain women rabbis, to conduct … Continue reading
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Is This What Discrimination Looks Like?
A few weeks ago, the rabbi of Bnai David-Judea wrote that he was no longer saying the morning blessing “Thank you God for not making me a woman” because it reflected bigotry towards women and that Orthodox Judaism had a … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Pico/Robertson, R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged beth jacob congregation, family purity, nai david, orthodox rabbis, orthodox shuls, torah scholarship
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Responses To Rabbi Kanefsky On The Morning Blessings
I’ve been asking Orthodox rabbis about Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky’s two blog posts (here and here) announcing why he did not say the traditional morning blessing thanking God for not making him a woman. A friend tells me: “Fact is, that … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged brachot, cherem, girls fight, orthodox rabbis, Shalhevet, tosefta
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Op Ed: Adieu to “for Thou hast not made me a woman”
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky wrote last week: I’ve stopped blessing God every morning for “not having made me a woman”. Women have come a long way in Orthodox Judaism over the past few decades, in particular in the realm of study … Continue reading
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Tagged daily blessings, innate dignity, male reproductive organs, philosophical justification, rabbi yosef, woman rabbi
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Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky Replaces Original Post On Morning Blessing
Debra responds: Rabbi Kanefsky, Though you may have changed some of the language of your earlier post, I assume you still hold what you wrote earlier to be true. Ealier you wrote: ” . . . Simply for lack of … Continue reading
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Tagged assani, brain surgeon, daily blessings, male reproductive organs, orthodox judaism, philosophical justification, rabbi yosef
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