{"id":22669,"date":"2010-08-23T07:57:15","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T15:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=22669"},"modified":"2010-08-23T15:50:09","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T23:50:09","slug":"women-in-the-back-of-the-ou-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=22669","title":{"rendered":"Women In The Back Of The OU Bus?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rabbi Rabbs emails me: “Staff members in the OU headquarters in NY that are expected to serve coffee to the other staffers. 100% women.”<\/p>\n

I was emailed this about the Orthodox Union<\/a>: Lay Leadership – National Officers<\/a>
\nPresident Total women: 0%
\nStephen J. Savitsky<\/p>\n

Chairman of the Board Total women: 0%
\nHarvey Blitz<\/p>\n

Chairman, Board of Governors Total women: 0%
\nMark Bane<\/p>\n

Senior Vice Presidents Out of 6 menbers, Total women: 0%
\nEmanuel J. Adler
\nAllen I. Fagin
\nYitzchak Fund
\nDr. Steven Katz
\nDr. David Luchins
\nMartin Nachimson
\nHenry Rothman
\nJoseph Stechler<\/p>\n

National Vice Presidents Out of 9 members, Total women: 0%
\nFred Ehrman
\nDr. Michael J. Elman
\nMartin Fineberg
\nCharles Harary
\nAaron C. Kinderlehrer
\nRabbi Moshe D. Krupka
\nGerald Schreck
\nDr. Shimmy Y. Tennenbaum
\nMichael C. Wimpfheimer
\nDavid Zeffren<\/p>\n

Treasurer Total women: 0%
\nRoy Spiewak<\/p>\n

Secretary Total women: 0%
\nStanley Weinstein<\/p>\n

Associate Vice Presidents Total women: 0%
\nMax Berlin
\nBehnam Dayanim
\nStanley Hillelsohn
\nGary Litke
\nJonathan Mell
\nPaul Pinkus<\/p>\n

Honorary Vice Chairmen, Board of Directors Total women: 0%
\nSeymour J. Abrams
\nMorry Weiss<\/p>\n

Honorary Chairmen, Board of Governors Total women: 0%
\nSamuel L. Brennglass*
\nMarcel Weber<\/p>\n

Honorary Vice Chairmen, Board of Governors. Total women: 0%
\nDr. Mark Hasten
\nJay L. Schottenstein<\/p>\n

Honorary Presidents Total women: 0%
\nJulius Berman
\nMoses I. Feuerstein*
\nMandell I. Ganchrow, MD
\nHarold M. Jacobs*
\nJoseph Karasick
\nProf. Shimon Kwestel
\nSheldon Rudoff<\/p>\n

Honorary Vice Presidents Total women: 0%
\nHoward Tzvi Friedman
\nElliot P. Gibber
\nGus Jacobs
\nDr. Bernard Lander*
\nJoseph Macy
\nDonald Press
\nJoel Schreiber
\nHarvey Wolinetz<\/p>\n

Executive Vice President Total women: 0%
\nRabbi Steven Weil<\/p>\n

Executive Vicwe President, Emeritus Total women: 0%
\nRabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb<\/p>\n

Board of Directors Out of 59 members, 11 are women.Total of: 18% (some are married to the Rabbis or friends of the family):
\nSusan Alter, Cindy Darrison, Elizabeth Diamond, Lorraine Hoffman, Cheryl Leon, Dr. Marian Stoltz-Loike, Vivian Luchins, Isabelle Novak*, Miriam Shapiro (NCSY National President), Barbara Lehmann Siegel**, Esther Williams,
\n1.Seymour Adler
\n2.Mitchel R. Aeder
\n3.Susan Alter**
\n4.Yitz Applebaum
\n5.Hyman Arbesfeld
\n6.Terrence Augenbraun
\n7.Joseph Bensmihen (South Florida)***
\n8.Hon. Daniel Butler (Central East) ***
\n9.Adam Charney
\n10.Daniel Chill
\n11.Dr. Ben Chouake
\n12.Cindy Darrison
\n13.Elizabeth Diamond
\n14.Dennis Eisenberg
\n15.Dr. Stanley Frohlinger
\n16.Ari Fuchs (New Jersey) ***
\n17.Eli Genauer (Northwest) ***
\n18.David Gerstley
\n19.Alan Gindi
\n20.Marvin Herskowitz
\n21.Lorraine Hoffman**
\n22.Rabbi Emanuel Holzer
\n23.Dr. David Hurwitz
\n24.Mordecai Katz
\n25.Seymour Kraut
\n26.Dr. Benzion Krupka
\n27.Cheryl Leon
\n28.Morey Levovitz
\n29.Dr. Marian Stoltz-Loike
\n30.Vivian Luchins
\n31.Irwin Nachimson (West Coast) ***
\n32.David Nagel
\n33.Avery E. Neumark
\n34.Isabelle Novak**
\n35.Steve Orlow
\n36.Stuart Panish
\n37.Dr. Harry B. Peled
\n38.Joshua Penn
\n39.Barry Ray
\n40.Stanley Rosenberg
\n41.Steven Rosenberg
\n42.Dr. Howard Rosenthal
\n43.Eric Rothner
\n44.Zvi Sand (Israel) ***
\n45.Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld
\n46.Dr. Howard Shapiro
\n47.Miriam Shapiro (NCSY National President)
\n48.Steven Sholk
\n49.Barbara Lehmann Siegel**
\n50.Steven W. Tabak
\n51.William Tenenblatt
\n52.Jacob Weichholz
\n53.Gary Weiss
\n54.Heshy Wengrow (Chicago) ***
\n55.Esther Williams (Long Island) ** ***
\n56.Jerry Wolasky (Atlantic Seaboard) ***
\n57.Howard J. Wolf
\n58.Larry Zeifman (Canada) ***
\n59.David Zimble (New England) ***<\/p>\n

Governors 3 women out of 44members. Total of 8%: Daisy Berman, Laurie Cooper Mrs. Joseph K. Miller)
\n1.Daisy Berman
\n2.Marvin Bienenfeld
\n3.Rabbi Hershel Billet
\n4.Larry Brown
\n5.Donald B. Butler
\n6.Laurie Cooper
\n7.Pace Cooper
\n8.Leon Eisenberg
\n9.Dr. Abraham Freilich
\n10.David Fund
\n11.Eugen Gluck
\n12.Rabbi Joseph Grunblatt
\n13.Rabbi Marvin Hier
\n14.Malcolm Hoenlein
\n15.Richard M. Joel
\n16.Rabbi Zev Leff
\n17.Gerald F. Lerman
\n18.Nathan Lewin
\n19.Alan Lipman
\n20.Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
\n21.Moses Marx
\n22.Mrs. Joseph K. Miller
\n23.Rabbi Michael Miller
\n24.Jack M. Nagel
\n25.Rabbi Sheftel M. Neuberger
\n26.David Novak
\n27.Terry Novetsky
\n28.Rabbi Ralph Pelcovitz
\n29.William Rapfogel
\n30.Dr. Marcel Reischer
\n31.Julius Rosenzweig
\n32.Kurt Rothschild
\n33.David Rubin
\n34.Lee Samson
\n35.Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter
\n36.Eli W. Schlossberg
\n37.Rabbi Max N. Schreier
\n38.Rabbi Allen Schwartz
\nDr. Israel Singer
\n39.Franklyn Snitow
\n40.Dr. Edward L. Steinberg
\n41.Dr. Chaim M. Wasserman
\n42.Rabbi Berel Wein
\n43.Zev Wolfson
\n44.David Woolf<\/p>\n

Yehudit Bat El emails: Shocking…As one can clearly see, the situation at OU and the modern orthodox community
\nis serious.As I demonstrated in this random checking the names on the lay and professional
\nleadership list. My goal in publishing this was not to ridicule nor blame but rather call on each
\none of us to do Cheshbon Nefesh. This exercise should be repeated at your Shul, the schools
\nyour kids attend and the Jewish courts, when needed. You will find that women, not only can
\nnot serve in the Rabbinate but it manifested into all leadership\/powerful positions in town: Rosh
\nYeshiva nor Dayan or president of the Temple\/Yeshiva… isn’t time to rethink this? <\/p>\n

I know, we were brought up this way and don’t even notice it. I am convinced that the Kllal looses
\nwhen we are silenced…YET, there is a greater concern: What about our daughters? They attended
\nthe finest universities… They deserve better. We raised and invested in them, just as much as we
\ndid for our boys. Do we expect them to go to the back seats as 2nd rate members of the K’hilah?
\nWhat message are we giving them and what treatment should they expected from their husbands
\nand in the marketplace? <\/p>\n

This list should serve as a WAKE UP call to all:
\nErlicheh’ caring Avot in our town, who take great pride in their daughters, as well. The time has
\ncome to institute changes and correct some inherit wrongs in our Derech, as it is written:
\n“And G-d said: Let there be light…” Let us illuminate the darkness setting on us. Amen, Ken Yehee Ratzon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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