A tallit-and-tefillin-wearing woman in a traditional Conservative synagogue?! An unorthodox—and non-orthodox—perspective on Jews and Judaism from a perpetual misfit. This blog, welcoming the entire Jewish community, is dedicated to those who take Judaism seriously, but not necessarily literally.
posted by Shira Salamone at 10:31 AM
Once upon a time, I belonged to a left-wing egalitarian Conservative synagogue, where I was one of a number of women who wore a tallit—and one of the few members who used an Orthodox prayer book (adding the Mothers, of course). Having moved since then, I now belong to a right-wing traditional Conservative synagogue, where I’m almost always the only woman wearing a tallit—and one of the few members who adds the Mothers. I seem destined to be forever . . . on the fringe.
3 Comments:
Shira,
I'm not sure I get the point. Do you disagree with me? Agree? Find it somehow ironic or hypocritical?
Please... help me out here.
The Wolf
Youchers, was my post really that unclear? *I AGREE WITH YOU!!!*
Let me fiddle with the wording a bit to try to clarify. Sorry for the confusion.
Okay, what was that original title? I've forgotten it already! I think it was "Orthodox husband says: Wives aren't property." Sorry--Sometimes I go a bit overboard in trying to make my titles short enough to be visible in their entirety on my sidebar. I miss the good old days before Google acquired Blogger, when even my longest-winded titles were visible from beginning to end in the sidebar.
New title: "Orthodox husband opposes idea that wives are property." I hope that's a bit more clear. Thanks for your post. It was a good antidote to some of the extremes.
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