Kol Isha

[meydele <meydele...>]

Thanks Steve for a very interesting take on this issue.  But I guess I've 
already tipped my hand:  
I'm an activist.  Because this is rabbinical, it is mutuable in accordance with 
the fashions of 
the age, as you point out about dress .  Do you make it clear to Orthodox 
groups that there are 2 
configurations of your group and they can choose the mixed one?  Would it hurt 
your marketing to 
do so?  I know we're talking bread and butter and performance opportunities 
here, so I don't 
suggest this lightly...

It took women in the US more than 50 years of organizing at all levels of 
militancy to get the 
vote.  But it was a movement started by women, not by men, that ultimately 
changed societal 
perceptions of what is appropriate.  Same thing with civil rights for 
African-Americans.  So, what 
can we as musicians and interested members of the greater Jewish community do 
to effect change, 
even if in small, incremental steps, on this issue?

Shira  

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