What are the cultural/gender implications of judaism?

Question

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Answer 1

Like most religions, Judaism has a very sexist tradition, with strict separation of sexes and s*x roles. But in modern times most Jews have abandoned these traditions and tend to be more egalitarian. The exception is the ultra-orthodox 10% or so, who stick to tradition.

With respect to religious practice, the tradition reserved active participation in services to men, with women at best sitting in a balcony and following along. But in modern practice, both Reform and Conservative Jews have female rabbis and cantors, and men and women sit together and participate in services.

Finally, probably a higher percentage of ethnic Jews than any other group have abandoned religious practice entirely. This may have to do with the generally high education level of Jews in America and Western Europe.

Answer 2

This is a very difficult topic to approach.  The concepts involving the Yehudi (Hebrews) have changed over thousands of years.  To become Hebrew, one must have a Hebrew mother (a gender issue) or complete a formal process of conversion to Judaism.

As a group of people, they separate themselves apart from others.  All the people in the world are either Jewish or Not Jewish.  Think about the issue of Chosen People in the Bible.

Their is a wide diversity in culture, some more conservative and some more liberal.  The four largest groups are the Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist movements,

Typically, women are seen as separate but equal.  There are gender differences.  Gender is a property of Humanity, not Divinity.  Judaism has always maintained that Divinity has both masculine and feminine qualities.  The use of the masculine pronoun is a problem of language, not concept.  This is in opposition to generally accepted Christian beliefs.

Although the Talmud has many negative things to say about women, most of this is because of the concept of blood as being unclean and adult woman do bleed periodically.  Many of these biases are no longer held (at least by all).