What It’s Like to Be A Jewish Woman

Alyssa Cohen

Conservative

A Conservative Jewish woman is allowed to do the following things:

1. Read Torah in public2. Be a part of a minyan3. Have an aliyah4. Be a cantor5. Be a rabbi6. Wear a tallit 7. Wear tefillin8. 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:

1. Be a rabbi2. Be a cantor3. Be a synagogue president4. Interfaith families are accepted5. Accept gays and lesbians6. Can read Torah publicly7. 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:

1. Get a divorce until their husband receives a “get”

2. Reveal their hair to anyone except immediate family – wear wigs

3. Marry a non-Orthodox man4. Read from the Torah (even on their Bat

Mitzvah)5. 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.p

l?ks http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2590/3787

920245_46055d65bc_o.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/3787

918439_23a374d6ba.jpg http://www.americansynagoguearchitect

ure.com/OH,%20Cincinnati%20-%20Keneseth%20Israel%20Synagogue%201_1_1.jpg