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 7:25 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.
4 Comments:
With reference to the linked post:
The bookstore in the concourse had the best collection of comic book trades in the city. I should know, I was there reading them the afternoon of Sep. 10th 2001 after school let out.
Wow. If 9/11/2011 hadn't been a school day, you might have died in the WTC attack.
Probably not. First, I would never have been there that early in the morning. Second, the concourse was relatively safe except right by the towers, where they had a bit of fire coming out the elevator shafts (the bookstore is about as far as you could be from the towers in the concourse) and the concourse was evacuated immediately, so I probably would have been on the first E heading uptown or at least not near the WTC when it came down.
Wish I could say the same for the former co-congregant who worked there and *had* to be there "that early in the morning," may she rest in peace.
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