Friday, November 28, 2008

Another Not Quite for "All"

Recently I had posted about an electoral ad appeal which suggested that all were supporting the Agudat Israel candidate for Mayor of Jerusalem and that National Religious party persons were also campaigning on his behalf. However, as could be seen, the ad only portrayed male faces. And the NRP practices equality among the sexes, well, more than Aguda, for sure.

Well, diligent me, I found another ad on the same theme. But it's worse. For whereas Porush was a Hareidi and perhaps the lack of feminine portraits was understandable (not acceptable mind you), this ad below presents several other problems.

It announces "The International Conference for Applicable Halacha:-



And in the middle it reads, "All Will Be There, and You?"

But, not a female face.

Even if the invitees are limited to the Orthodox camp, not all are Rabbis (I spotted Justice Elyakim Rubinstein), and therefore I am sure there are some Orthodox females that could address the topic. We do have female court facilitators (to'anot) and I am sure they can bring to the conference need input and experience in the field of applying Halacha.

1. Its sponsored by the state of Israel and the WZO and the Yeshurun Syunagogue, all of which, in addition to the initiator, the Rabbi Isaac Herzog memorial center, has a positive approach to women.

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