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.
A synagogue that is totally dependent on clergy is sowing the seeds of its own demise—when the synagogue can no longer afford to pay for clergy, there’s no one to lead services and/or lein Torah and/or chant a haftarah, and the synagogue is forced to close. Having a minyan won’t help if there’s no one to lead it.
Added later, to enable readers to follow the whole story: See my next post.
posted by Shira Salamone at 9:49 PM
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.
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