"From the days of #Miriam, the sister of #Moses and #Aaron, #Jewish #women have been leaders-without-portfolio. In the Book of #Exodus, Miriam, a “#prophetess,” leads the #Israelite women in song, but unlike Moses, the main recipient of teaching from God, and Aaron, the chief priest, she has no named role.
Today, women in many denominations of #Judaism are able to attend institutions of higher learning to become equipped with the necessary skills to gain credentials to be called #rabbi or #cantor. What will they do with their newfound titles? A crop of new #books and #TV #shows out this fall gives some answers."
"Wrestles with God", man really said "I'm built different" when faced with fucking divinity
"From the days of #Miriam, the sister of #Moses and #Aaron, #Jewish #women have been leaders-without-portfolio. In the #Book of #Exodus, Miriam, a “#prophetess,” leads the #Israelite women in song, but unlike Moses, the main recipient of teaching from God, and Aaron, the chief priest, she has no named role.
Today, women in many denominations of #Judaism are able to attend institutions of higher learning to become equipped with the necessary skills to gain credentials to be called #rabbi or #cantor. What will they do with their newfound titles? A crop of new #books and #TV shows out this fall gives some answers."
"A #Lebanese #lawmaker has submitted a bill to replace the term #Israelite with #Jew in official state documents, marking the first proposed change to the name of #Lebanon’s nearly extinct #Jewish sect since the country’s founding.
Reformist MP Paula Yacoubian submitted the proposal on 16 October, calling for the amendment of references to the sect in legislative texts, voter lists, and identity papers."
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