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What It’s Like to Be A Jewish Woman. Alyssa Cohen. Conservative. A Conservative Jewish woman is allowed to do the following things: Read Torah in public Be a part of a minyan Have an aliyah Be a cantor Be a rabbi Wear a tallit Wear tefillin Accept gays and lesbians.
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What It’s Like to Be A Jewish Woman Alyssa Cohen
Conservative • A Conservative Jewish woman is allowed to do the following things: • Read Torah in public • Be a part of a minyan • Have an aliyah • Be a cantor • Be a rabbi • Wear a tallit • Wear tefillin • Accept gays and lesbians
Conservative Synagogues • http://www.bethshalomkc.org/ • http://ohev-sholom.com/
Reform • “Reform Jews are more inclusive than other Jewish movements” Reform Jewish women can do the following: • Be a rabbi • Be a cantor • Be a synagogue president • Interfaith families are accepted • Accept gays and lesbians • Can read Torah publicly • Take aliyahs during services
Reform Synagogues • http://www.bnaijehudah.org/allAbout.asp • http://www.nrtkc.org/
Orthodox • Orthodox women are not allowed to or should not: • Get a divorce until their husband receives a “get” • Reveal their hair to anyone except immediate family – wear wigs • Marry a non-Orthodox man • Read from the Torah (even on their Bat Mitzvah) • Take aliyahs
Orthodox Synagogues • http://www.bnaiisrael.org/ourhistory.php • http://kenesethbethisrael.webs.com/
Bibliography • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Judaism#Con-servative_Judaism • http://www.religionfacts.com/judaism/denominations/ • reform.htm • http://www.uscj.org/cgi-bin/synagogue.pl?ks • http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2590/3787920245_46055d65bc_o.jpg • http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/3787918439_23a374d6ba.jpg • http://www.americansynagoguearchitecture.com/OH,%20Cincinnati%20-%20Keneseth%20Israel%20Synagogue%201_1_1.jpg