For the Record

[seekingferret]

I get great benefit from the Orthodox Union, including but not limited to its kashrut cerrtification, and I am a part of several communities that provide funding to and work closely with the Orthodox Union. I've been part of Orthodox Union sponsored youth groups and participated in a number of Orthodox union sponsored events as an adult. I generally have supported their lobbying efforts in Washington on a wide range of issues related to the Jewish community, and their outreach efforts to provide Jewish services to Jews in localities that cannot sustain a dedicated synagogue.

And so when I say that the Orthodox Union's recent ruling on women acting on clerical roles in OU affiliated synagogues seems ill-thought, you should read that as my feelings being a lot more extreme than that and being moderated only by my deep and longstanding admiration for the institution.

I'm presently in the middle of reading Rabbi Ethan Tucker and Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg's new book Gender Equality and Prayer in Jewish Law, which I've literally had pre-ordered on Amazon for two years. I will have more to say on this subject when I've finished reading it.

Comments

[batdina]

I look forward to hearing more.

I had the Tucker/Rosenberg pre-ordered for 18 months at least. I'm looking forward to having time to read it with care. And then maybe we might "talk".

[kass]

שמעתי.

I am a big fan of Rabbi Ethan Tucker's. I don't know Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg's work (yet) but clearly I should fix that; the book you just referenced sounds SUPER relevant to my interests :-) -- so thank you for alerting me to its existence.