“…my Judaism does not discriminate”

http://www.jewishtribune.ca/religion/2013/02/26/making-the-case-for-conservative-judaism

Check out RH alumnus Corey Shefman’s article in the Jewish Tribune! He takes a look at attitudes toward women that come from the ultra-orthodox branch of Judaism, and what impacts these attitudes have had on Israeli law and communities more generally, despite being representative of a relatively small sub-sect of Judaism. He writes: “Each of us must ask ourselves whether we can personally justify the treatment of women by some in our community as inferior, on the basis of one interpretation of halacha. I am not a rabbi, and do not claim to be able to interpret Torah or Talmud at any sort of advanced level. But I am a Jew and my Judaism does not discriminate.”

Corey Shefman graduated from Robson Hall in 2012.

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