[HANASHIR:4945] Fwd: Re: Gender

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A reply from a friend who's in her first year in the Cantorial program at JTS 
in Jerusalem...

> In my class here, there are six women and 1 man.  Back at JTS, there are two
> men who didn't come to Israel and there's another man here in Israel who's
> joining us next semester.  Also here is a 4th year cantorial student.  She's
> here because her husband is a 3rd year rabbbinical student and it's his 
year to
> be here.  
> 
> As for the JTS rabbinical class here, there are WAY more males than 
females.  I
> can't speak for all of JTS but if this class is any indication, there are 
about
> 30 JTS rabbinical students...about 5 are women.  

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