Getting used to Religion will be the hardest part of adjusting to life in Israel, for me. Life is secular here in the UK. I am secular but open minded. Can we afford such luxuries as birth rates plummet below replacement levels here in The West? Do we need Religion to maintain the life of a Muslim-free State? These are no longer mute questions.
Thank G-d the rabbi was late. There are no coincidences. I often thank G-d for traffic from an accident. If I was earlier I could have been in that collision.
I appreciate the separation during a Chabad service. I am told women are already closer to G-d. Maybe this is why the men must focus.
I'm a bloke but your experience is well written and I feel a little nervous distracting but the girls who want & can are given the opportunity to go much further than any other army.
What a beautiful piece. As a mother of boys, I can relate, but I think it would have been devastatingly difficult not to physically be near my youngest for his Bar Mitzvah. I often wondered about the pros and cons of the separation and you make a wonderful explanation.
Here’s an alternate explanation: Lev. 15:19 and 15:20 (KJV). Women are considered impure, while they menstruate, and they aren’t supposed to defile men by touching them. Sounds archaic to me.
We live within a paradox. We need our spaces just like men do. I remember walking to shul with my uncle but sitting upstairs with the women. What do trans people do?
A beautiful essay. May your sons grow strong and may they somehow never know war. Somehow.
Very well-explained. I can relate as a former feminist, now with a change of perspective. I am also from Canada, living in Israel for 34 years.
Hard agree. The miracle that led to the survival of your Rabbi and young relatives brought tears to my eyes. Thank you. Praise g-d.
Getting used to Religion will be the hardest part of adjusting to life in Israel, for me. Life is secular here in the UK. I am secular but open minded. Can we afford such luxuries as birth rates plummet below replacement levels here in The West? Do we need Religion to maintain the life of a Muslim-free State? These are no longer mute questions.
Thank G-d the rabbi was late. There are no coincidences. I often thank G-d for traffic from an accident. If I was earlier I could have been in that collision.
I appreciate the separation during a Chabad service. I am told women are already closer to G-d. Maybe this is why the men must focus.
I'm a bloke but your experience is well written and I feel a little nervous distracting but the girls who want & can are given the opportunity to go much further than any other army.
Together we Stand.
Divided we Hang.
What a beautiful piece. As a mother of boys, I can relate, but I think it would have been devastatingly difficult not to physically be near my youngest for his Bar Mitzvah. I often wondered about the pros and cons of the separation and you make a wonderful explanation.
Here’s an alternate explanation: Lev. 15:19 and 15:20 (KJV). Women are considered impure, while they menstruate, and they aren’t supposed to defile men by touching them. Sounds archaic to me.
We live within a paradox. We need our spaces just like men do. I remember walking to shul with my uncle but sitting upstairs with the women. What do trans people do?
Trans people need to seek psychiatric help! People either have xx or xy chromosomes. Men an women are not interchangable!
Isn't it hilarious that doctors, scientests, judges can't answer xx chromosomes when they are asked what a woman is.
Great question.