Про женщин, и ваще

http://www.ottmall.com/mj_ht_arch/v15/mj_v15i47.html#CKW

Это написано больше 10 лет назад. Р' Марк Шапиро с тех пор написал несколько книг, в т.ч. "The Limits of Orthodox Theology (Maimonides' 13 Principles Re-appraised"

From: Marc Shapiro <mshapiro@husc.harvard.edu>
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 23:03:03 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Western Culture and Torah

I would just like to clarify a few more things regarding the
relationship between Western culture and Torah values. In doing so I am
taking issue with a number of things people have written, in particular
what my friend Shalom Carmy wrote about more Torah study helping
eliminate racism. I think it is clear to anyone who knows something
about Jewish history, and human history, of the last millenium that with
few exceptions, people can read anything they want into the Torah. Once
you leave Orthodoxy the margins are even bigger (witness the infamous
Conservative teshuvah permitting homosexual relationships) but even
within Orthodoxy the margins are very big. What determines how people
read the Torah are views they have acquired, either from the
"atmosphere" of the Bet Midrash, Western culture or other places.
Let me give an example which will illustrate this clearly. ( Read more... )