Sexism a problem for women not only in Israel, but in the U.S. as well

Hannah Gorman

November 2, 2010

At Temple Emanu-el on Yom Kippur morning, several thousand fasting Jews watched as a few congregants in white prayer shawls came forward, were blessed, and got ready to perform the traditional Torah reading. It was the same ceremony I have witnessed every year of my life, with one noticeable difference:...