Re: Kol Isha

[Alex Jacobowitz <alexbjacobowitz...>]

 B"H Munich

halt! Too many of you Jews are commenting on
your fellow Jews as if they  were Nazis, Taliban,
and the Los  Angeles police roled into one!
Doesn´t anybody here understand Judaism?
Gosh!

> You're on the list, too. You have the opportunity to
> educate everyone as to
> how Orthodox Jews forbidding women to sing in the
> presence of men is NOT
> like fundamentalist Muslims requiring women to wear
> a burqua.

Awright, folks, please listen up! 
1) I can´t speak for fundamentalist Muslims, but from
what I understand it, they CAN and DO command their
women what to wear. If the WOMAN violates the command,
she can be punished, even in public.
The woman is compelled to comply. No free choice.

2) Kol Isha is NOT a command for the woman, but
for the MAN, who is to EXCUSE himself from the
presence of a woman singing! The woman MAY sing, and
as much as she likes! However, if you COMPEL the
man to listen to the woman singing, even punish
him (derision, or exclusion, for instance), then
you have effectively FORCED him to listen! 
And if you´re doing that AGAINST his will, then
you´ve taken over the role of the Taliban!

GET IT! FREE CHOICE - JUDAISM - FREE CHOICE!
THE WOMAN HAS THE RIGHT TO SING! 
THE MAN HAS THE RIGHT TO LEAVE!

You know, maybe a year or two mandatory study
in a yeshiva wouldn´t be bad for some of
the people who pretend to know what they´re talking
about!

Alex JACOBOWITZ

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