http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/ The Shefa Network Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:20:00 GMT RLee Smith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2831 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2831 I'm spending a few weeks in the north Miami/Aventura area. This region appears to be undergoing a renaissance in Judaism -- more Jews, more Kosher restaurants, Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:19:36 GMT Steven Katz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2830 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2830 I thought this article that was initially passed along on Magen Tzedek was interesting but I have to admit one line of it hit home for me now for several days Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:54:16 GMT judah_rosen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2829 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2829 http://www.forward.com/articles/119143/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:59:19 GMT Shoshana Michael-Zucker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2828 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2828 On Shabbat I spoke with Nofrat Frenkel and she asked to clarify: 1) She was not arrested. She was detained for questioning. 2) She did nothing that is not Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:21:32 GMT Rabbi Menachem Creditor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2827 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2827 *Winter 2009/2010 Issue of CJ: Voices of Conservative/Masorti Judaism* http://uscj.org/Winter_200920108195.html Columns LETTERS Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:10:54 GMT alanjayg46@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2826 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2826 _Magen Tzedek: Model of the Jewish Future or Show Without an Audience? – Forward.com_ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:23:09 GMT Shoshana Michael-Zucker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2825 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2825 For first hand details read Debra Nussbaum Cohen's article in the Foward: http://blogs.forward.com/sisterhood-blog/119148/ Note that it says "Woman wearing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:58:05 GMT Jonah Rank http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2824 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2824 Shalom all, Just a quick response to Joel: Masorti is certainly important and also deserves our support; however, Masorti--if I am correct, based on what I Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:26:52 GMT Fred Passman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2823 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2823 Chevre: I’ve taken the liberty of compiling the 04 to 19 November email string chronologically. In part, I’ve done this because I feel the discussion has Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:57:44 GMT ray@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2822 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2822 It is worth remembering that Orthodox Jewish practice has recently moved substantially to the right, over just the past 30-40 years or so. When I grew up, it Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:35:32 GMT Nina Kretzmer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2821 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2821 Oops...I just noticed...last sentence should be "I am proud to be one of the few, if any, girls with whom I attend USY who wears tallit and tefillin."   ~Nina Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:10:49 GMT Nina Kretzmer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2820 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2820 Dear Benjamin and chevreh,   Why should it make any difference? Wearing a tallit and reading Torah are both not in line with the traditions of the women's Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:09:26 GMT Benjamin Fleischer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2819 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2819 From what I've read, the egal-friendly news claims she was arrested for wearing a tallit, but so were many other women that day and for the last 20 years. The Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:30:40 GMT Joel Baker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2818 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2818 Jonah One of the inherent problems of the internet and e-mails is the inability to convey nuance and feeling. My desire to focus some remarks on Masorti was Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:22:11 GMT Gary Goldberg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2817 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shefa/message/2817 Chevre, The recently expressed concerns on Shefa Network regarding the strengthening of a center of the spectrum of Jewish religious practice that supports