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Concerning the issue of women role models in Yeshiva day schools and high
schools, I, being a high school student in a coed Yeshiva, can readily say
that one of the reasons that the girls in my school lack the self=20
confidence needed to succeeded is precisely this void in female
leadership. Don't get me wrong, the women involved in the Judaic studies
are wonderful, but there are only two of them (barring the Ivrit
department)!
In response to the issue of women's zimmun, I find that there is always
an awkward moment at my friends' tables before benching begins when there
are fewer than three men at the table and more than 2 women. To me, it is
a substantial problem that people mistake sincere adherence to Halacha for
"feminism." It is definitely a subject that must be addressed.
Elana Stein</HTML>
