Jewish-Orthodox

In contrast to the secular space, when it comes to religious ritualistic life there are clearly defined gender roles in the mainstream Jewish-Orthodox tradition and of course other religions, precluding a women from becoming an ordained rabbi or reading publicly from the Torah.

Eliyahu Federman: Gender Discrimination: Religious vs. Secular Eliyahu Federman 2012

The danger is when the extreme fringe Jewish-Orthodox groups like Pu'ah and the radical ones in Beit Shemesh, Israel, or other extremist religious societies, attempt to blur the line and impose religious gender standards to a secular environment.

Eliyahu Federman: Gender Discrimination: Religious vs. Secular Eliyahu Federman 2012

Author's note: While I'm certainly condemning the oppressive nature of select non-mainstream Jewish-Orthodox groups and other religions that restrict women in a secular context, I'm not promoting gender roles in a religious context either.

Eliyahu Federman: Gender Discrimination: Religious vs. Secular Eliyahu Federman 2012

Author's note: While I'm certainly condemning the oppressive nature of select non-mainstream Jewish-Orthodox groups and other religions that restrict women in a secular context, I'm not promoting gender roles in a religious context either.

Eliyahu Federman: Gender Discrimination: Religious vs. Secular Eliyahu Federman 2012

The danger is when the extreme fringe Jewish-Orthodox groups like Pu'ah and the radical ones in Beit Shemesh, Israel, or other extremist religious societies, attempt to blur the line and impose religious gender standards to a secular environment.

Eliyahu Federman: Gender Discrimination: Religious vs. Secular Eliyahu Federman 2012

Author's note: While I'm certainly condemning the oppressive nature of select non-mainstream Jewish-Orthodox groups and other religions that restrict women in a secular context, I'm not promoting gender roles in a religious context either.

Eliyahu Federman: Gender Discrimination: Religious vs. Secular Eliyahu Federman 2012

The danger is when the extreme fringe Jewish-Orthodox groups like Pu'ah and the radical ones in Beit Shemesh, Israel, or other extremist religious societies, attempt to blur the line and impose religious gender standards to a secular environment.

Eliyahu Federman: Gender Discrimination: Religious vs. Secular Eliyahu Federman 2012

Conflating the two is unfair and lacks subtlety because it paints all Jewish-Orthodox and other religions in a broad brush as carte blanche promoting gender roles, when in reality, by and large, they are only promoting gender roles in a private religious context not in the secular public sphere.

Eliyahu Federman: Gender Discrimination: Religious vs. Secular Eliyahu Federman 2012

In contrast to the secular space, when it comes to religious ritualistic life there are clearly defined gender roles in the mainstream Jewish-Orthodox tradition and of course other religions, precluding a women from becoming an ordained rabbi or reading publicly from the Torah.

Eliyahu Federman: Gender Discrimination: Religious vs. Secular Eliyahu Federman 2012

Conflating the two is unfair and lacks subtlety because it paints all Jewish-Orthodox and other religions in a broad brush as carte blanche promoting gender roles, when in reality, by and large, they are only promoting gender roles in a private religious context not in the secular public sphere.

Eliyahu Federman: Gender Discrimination: Religious vs. Secular Eliyahu Federman 2012