In the future...
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aribSo, one of the many books I've read since starting my new job has been Star Trek:SCE a bound version of several ST e-books.
The bound version of the books comes with a compendium that includes characters, and their relatives, and I found this entry:
Rabbi Rachel Gilman- Professor at Stern College, married to Captain David Gold (one of the lead characters)
This suggests a few things to me...
1. Sometime in the future, Orthodoxy will accept female Rabbis. Which, to be honest, doesn't strike me as all that bad an idea. I know quite a few women who know just as much as quite a few Rabbis I've met, and while they're highly respected in their fields as educators or community leaders, they don't neccessarily have that extra bit of respect that Rabbis get...
2. Even though there are female Orthodox Rabbis, Yeshiva University still sees fit to have seperate-sex undergraduate education.
That's just so YU... :-)
3. Orthodox Jews can serve on starships, now that's just plain cool. :-)
The bound version of the books comes with a compendium that includes characters, and their relatives, and I found this entry:
Rabbi Rachel Gilman- Professor at Stern College, married to Captain David Gold (one of the lead characters)
This suggests a few things to me...
1. Sometime in the future, Orthodoxy will accept female Rabbis. Which, to be honest, doesn't strike me as all that bad an idea. I know quite a few women who know just as much as quite a few Rabbis I've met, and while they're highly respected in their fields as educators or community leaders, they don't neccessarily have that extra bit of respect that Rabbis get...
2. Even though there are female Orthodox Rabbis, Yeshiva University still sees fit to have seperate-sex undergraduate education.
That's just so YU... :-)
3. Orthodox Jews can serve on starships, now that's just plain cool. :-)
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Women rabbis!
Date: 2002-03-22 01:44 pm (UTC)I think Malka would've made an enigmatic rabbi, but I'm sorta glad that she isn't interested. She knows a lot, but she's pretty pushy with her opinions.
I, on the other hand, would make a great rabbi. :) I look forward to the time when women will be rabbis. I see nothing in Torah that precludes it.
Re: Women rabbis!
Date: 2002-03-23 09:42 pm (UTC)You'd make an... interesting Rabbi, I think. You seem to encourage independence more than many Rabbanim I've met.