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Tag : gender equality
January 26, 2021 by Eleanor J. Bader
Honoring the Memory of a Special Young Woman— by Teaching Consent
When Erin Michele Levitas was 19, she was raped by someone she knew. As she processed and healed from what had happened, she made a decision: After college, she would attend law school and become an advocate for survivors of sexual assault.
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January 16, 2020 by admin
A Prayer Book for Everyone, Regardless of Gender.
Without the willingness to cautiously and responsibly, shape and reshape the practice of Jewish prayer, it will cease to be a source of life, joy, and meaning and become a burdensome rote observance. Our centuries-old tradition is not fragile enough to be damaged by this approach — on the contrary, diversity of practice has always made Judaism more resilient and flexible, more deeply adequate to the lived questions of its adherents, and more expansive in terms of who is able to find shelter under its canopy of peace.
EVE ROMM, “Reflections on the Gender- Inclusive Siddur,” on the Lilith Blog
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September 13, 2018 by Rabbi Joshua Stanton
As a Male Rabbi, I Plan to “Lean In” to Childcare
This year will be a year of profound change in my life – and the opportunity for my spouse, Mirah, and me to change minhag, the customs of our people. It is no secret that clergy in committed relationships often crater their partner’s careers. I have seen colleagues use holy words as pretense to ignore their partner’s needs – and at my worst, might have done so myself. It is narcissism wrapped in the language of Torah.
We denigrate both ourselves and our tradition when we demean the people to whom we 
should be most committed – especially when we do it in the name of God. When people decry organized religion, it is our hypocrisy as clergy that gives them legitimacy.
I enter this Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year, filled with trepidation about what I might do, or fail to do, when a new baby enters our lives. We both plan to continue working and will do our best to co-parent. But I fear that my failure to lean into parenting will ruin Mirah’s career.
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