{"id":1474,"date":"2005-04-17T00:01:18","date_gmt":"2005-04-17T08:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/04\/17\/how-feminism-has-changed-judaism\/"},"modified":"2005-04-17T00:01:18","modified_gmt":"2005-04-17T08:01:18","slug":"how-feminism-has-changed-judaism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1474","title":{"rendered":"How Feminism Has Changed Judaism"},"content":{"rendered":"

An interesting Forward article<\/a> discusses “what feminism can teach jewish organizations.” I particularly liked this bit:<\/p>\n

A nationwide study released recently by Ma’yan: the Jewish Women’s Project, “Listen to Her Voice,” reveals that feminism has had a transformative effect on the Jewish community over the last 30 years. Respondents to the survey were not only thrilled with the many changes that have occurred … the ordination of women as cantors and rabbis, unprecedented access to learning and sacred texts, women’s leadership on the bimah and in the boardroom … but they also believe that there would have been little to hold their interest in the Jewish community without these changes.<\/p>\n

Many of the women reported leading their families to synagogues in which they could be counted as full participants. Others note the sweeping effects that feminism has had on Jewish theology, liturgy and ritual over the last three decades. One would hardly know it from the rhetoric of most of the organized Jewish community, but without feminism, Jewish continuity today would be much more seriously jeopardized than it is. Feminism has given many women and men a reason to again be involved Jewishly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So that all sounds good. But, on the other hand:<\/p>\n

Is that good enough? Can a community that purports to value families and the rearing of children above all else offer no paid parental leave to most of its employees? Is it feasible that Jewish women … who are the most highly educated women in America and who, according to numerous studies, are also singularly dedicated to the Jewish community … are unqualified for positions of leadership in the Jewish community? If feminism has transformed Jewish religious life in just 30 years, might it not have an equally powerful contribution to make to the communal world?<\/p>\n

How might we transform this reality? We can begin by simply listening to what Jewish women are saying. Nearly half the women surveyed by Ma’yan reported being discriminated against in the Jewish community on the basis of gender. Forty-two percent have experienced pay inequity. Roughly two-thirds believe that women are underrepresented as communal leaders. Only three in 10 feel that they “often” have a way to make their voices heard about issues of local concern to them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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