SAR is the first Modern Orthodox high school in New York to allow girls to put on tefillin and of course it’s created a huge debate on the internet between people who believe it’s a woman’s right to choose and…
Tag: Feminism
The 20 things that frum people are most afraid of
If you’re frum, there’s a pretty good chance that you live in a constant fear of many things. I was consistently taught to be afraid of the goyim, because secretly they want to repeat what the Nazis did to us.…
Chassidish Feminism
Lately there?s been a lot of chatter about the plight of the poor frum woman, the poor oppressed frum woman, “oy, they have to sit in the back of the bus” “women can’t be rabbis or rabbas or yoatzei halacha”…
There’s no such thing as a Haredi Feminist
There was an article on Haaretz about a supposedly Haredi (Charedi) feminist who is trying to make it so women can be elected to office in Charedi parties. Immediately, I realized that this was just a sensationalist news story from…
Women should not be allowed to eat in the sukkah
I’ve gotten this picture from several folks and I just don’t understand what the big deal is? I think it’s like anything most of the klal is not used to and would be the same response toward any mitzvah in…
Feminism is polluting the frum community
Since when have anyone who considers herself to be a bas melech cared about attending events that are for men only? Since when did frum girls and women complain about sitting on the back of the bus? When did bais…
A woman’s place in frum society
I found this gem on Matzav.com some time ago… Since when does the Torah have to support Feminism? Why is it that so many women have a hard time understanding that they have their place in society much like men…
Fum girls don’t become feminists
I’m not sure that women wanting to lain or say kiddush is necessarily feminism, but in the frum community it’s been deemed such and so I’ve been wondering why it is that frum girls usually don’t get into the feminism thing.…
Bay Area Orthodox Jews are definitely not mainstream
It’s not uncommon that I’m the only FFB at the table. It’s also not uncommon when I try and explain that Bay Area Judaism is unlike that of anywhere else. The orthodoxy is not mainstream by most anyone’s standards and…
Is orthodox Judaism sexist?
Of course it’s sexist by today’s lackluster ethical morally depraved standards, we have dropped so far down the moral scale in the last 50 years that anything remotely reeking of religion is automatically shoved into the sexist closet. Ever since…
5 ways that frum women can empower themselves
Frum and Feminsim are two words that are typically not used in the same sentence and when they are, it is to ridicule or accuse someone of not being frum because they have feminist tendencies, for instance Sara Hurwitz the…
If women are forbidden to learn what do they do in seminary?
sIt is only a recent phenomina that women want to learn torah, for many years they were complacent in the kitchen, running their homes, churning the butter, dying in childbirth and tending to the chickens, all of a sudden they…
Do women go on tefillin dates?
I’m sitting in my car and an idea for a post comes into my head just as the Beastie Boys Sabatoge goes into its chorus, you are all lucky you weren’t there, because I start singing really loudly along with…
Reasons why Jewish feminism may not be a good idea
I know that some of you are going to call me a sexist for saying some of the following, but I think it has to be said. Avi Weiss and the new school maskilim have infiltrated our tranquil male centric…
I don’t understand feminists
So let me get this straight, feminists are pissed off that they: Don’t have to roll out of bed at 6:30 in the morning and go to shacharis Don’t have to toil over gemara Don’t have to put on tefillin…
Women of the Wall
Women of the Wall is not a group of women that build walls, it’s not even a group of women that likes to be thrown against walls, in fact they aren’t even demanding equal rights at a wall, all they…
The Mission Minyan: If Orthodox and Egalitarian were possible
We walked in during pisukei d’zimra and there was already a large crowd of people gathered. I took a seat all the way to the right of the room and looked around. A few people said “Good Shabbos“, asked me…
Women should not learn torah their job is to cook and clean
This is a lengthier version of the Vos Iz Neias comment of the day, due to the fact that the comments listed below are a great way to welcome new folks into the orthodox fold. I used to wonder why…
What do you think of women’s prayer groups?
This is an excerpt from a Dov Bear post from today – he makes a good point and I know many folks who go nuts when they hear of women’s prayer groups. When a woman wants to daven with other…
Making a case for Yoetzet Halacha
While spending shabbos in Washington Heights several weeks ago, the residents were in the process of trying to find a new Rabbi for the shul. On Friday night the shul organized an Oneg Shabbat question and answer session with the…
Do you think frum women hyphenating their names is a problem?
Thank you ChanieF who sent this article from Crown Heights Info on over to me- it pertains to women hyphenating their names and retaining their maiden names after marriage and how its a problem. Fine, maybe it is maybe its…