Re: Women-Only Concert Puzzle

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

Or, perhaps, having debated the issue, and having considered why Elliot
arranged the concert as he did--and perhaps because the issue involves
someone we all know from participation on the list, not some faceless
"those rabbis!", it seemed appropriate to accept it as presented.

More to the point, doesn't Elliot's statement, =especially= in the
light of the foregoing discussion, make it clear that this is a 
compromise made necessary by the kol isha issues that have already 
been raised?

I guess, the more I think about it, the more I don't understand
your point, Yoram.

ari

At 01:37 PM 2/27/01 -0500, you wrote:
>
>On April 17, 2000, Eliott Kahn announced on this newgroup what sounded
>like a wonderful concert at the Old Broadway Temple, but that could be
>attended by women only.
>
>"On Monday, April 24th at 7:00 PM, a special Passover concert called WOMAN
>TO WOMAN will feature Ladino and Hebrew songs interpreted by the lovely
>voice of Ofri Eliaz........
>This concert will include other fun events and will be for women only."
>
>
>I inquired on this news group if that were really possible.  I expected an
>outcry -- not to my own message but to the idea of having a concert
>restricted to women attendees.
>
>The only response was a polite question, 
>
>"Why is this concert for women only?"
>
>from Dick Rosenthal to Eliott Kahn, who answered:
>
>"If the only way I can present female singers at an Orthodox shul is
>for women audiences only, so be it. This concert and any future concerts
>at Old Broadway Synagogue featuring female singers will be for women
>only." 
>
>
>Would someone be so kind, and tell me how that concert passed by this
>newgroup with hardly a ripple, whereas the Kol Isha topic generated such a
>storm?  The storm even posed the possibility of only-women-allowed and
>no-women-allowed venues.
>
>Why now, and not then??  Perhaps women accept the no-men rule but not the
>no-women rule, or ... , or ... , or what?
>
>Yoram Gelman
>
>
>

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