Archive for May 2010
No news is good news
May 14, 2010
And then the Haredi group came along with their loud and cacophonous prayers and totally interrupted my kavvanah (focus). I have to say, the women sounded a lot better! Read the rest of this entry »
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Today I davened for the first time having laid tefillin
May 14, 2010
I called my Rabbi late last night and at minyan this morning, he loaned me tefillin and helped me put them on. I was also given an aliyah to the Torah.I Read the rest of this entry »
Laying Tefillin in Solidarity with Noa Raz
May 14, 2010
The travails of the Women of the Wall have shown me another story--a tale that tears my soul. Women are being arrested, detained, and assaulted for the crimes of donning tallit and tefillin, carrying a Torah, lifting their voices in prayer. Read the rest of this entry »
In solidarity with Noa Roz
May 14, 2010
Today I did so in solidarity with the Women of the Wall, and truly had a wonderful experience davening on a beautiful spring morning in Michigan. Read the rest of this entry »
In Israel, Hate Crime against Jewish Woman for Private Religious Practice
May 13, 2010
Noa Raz, a Conservative Jew in her early thirties who lives and works in Tel Aviv, was physically assaulted early Tuesday morning by an ultra-Orthodox man at the Central Bus Station in Be’er Sheva for having the imprints of tefillin (phylacteries) lines visible on her arms. Read the rest of this entry »