“Historically, ideological matters were kept separate from halakhah”
Historically, ideological matters were kept separate from halakhah. The various rabbinic organizations in Europe...
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“As a religious person, I find the debate over women’s images in publications in itself embarrassing”
…when I am told constantly, that the religious world protects women from being objectified,...
“…it is difficult to accept a haredi message about women’s more private roles when haredi kollel culture means that their women have to take jobs requiring much more exposure to the broader world…”
In general, it is difficult to accept a haredi message about women’s more private...
“…in haredi communities in America and especially in Israel, “learning,” regardless of aptitude, has replaced working as a male adult norm”
In traditionally religious European communities, for example, most men worked for a living; the...