Re: separate services

[glenn tamir <klezska...>]

If there was ever an example of how separate IS NOT
equal it's a shul with a Mehitza.  Perhaps there are
some where the torah is read in the middle and not on
the "men's" side, or where the women are "allowed" to
dance around the Torah like the men do.  When I attend
a shul with an uneven separation, I get very
uncomfortable.  It's almost like the women are sitting
at the back of the bus.

Oh, and by the way, why shouldn't a woman/girl be able
to wrestle?

Just my opinion...

--- "Yakov (Koby)" <kchodosh (at) suffolk(dot)lib(dot)ny(dot)us> wrote:
> 
> To use an unfortuate expression, I think services
> should be separate but equal. Like gym class.
> Everyone goes to phys ed. Everyone plays tennis,
> everyone plays soccer, everyone plays badminton, but
> just separately. When gym class is combined, for
> various reasons the overall level of the activity is
> somewhat lowered. I know I have enjoyed going to
> services and not having to sit with my mother or
> sister. On the men's side at least, there's a very
> heymish atmosphere, very friendly, that you just
> don't get in mixed services. What I DON'T agree with
> in ortholand is the women just standing there. I
> think they could be praying somewhere else or
> something.
> 
> (btw: analogy notwithstanding certain cases... like
> in my school, the guys do wrestling, and the girls
> do step aerobics :P )
> 
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