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 4:22 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.
4 Comments:
hardly a radical proposition not an orthodox one, but it's not original. Professor Everett Fox (i think it's everett) has a translation of the torah that was written as if it had been an orally transmitted document. I got the first volume in '89 or '90, so XGH is, once again, way behind the time.
" . . . behind the time." Likewise, I'm sure. Playing catch-up is the story of my life. :)
It's not a comment on you. I'm just sick of XGH pretending like he keeps discovering these radical new ideas that have been around for a long time for anyone who's been paying attention. I'm not saying anyone necessarily accepts the proposition that he puts forth as a mainstream opinion, but he strives to be this shocking "look, I'm the first Orthodox/orthoprax person who has ever discovered this". Gimme a break.
I guess he started paying attention a bit late in the game. :)
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