https://freerepublic.com/tag/orthodoxsilence/ en-us Fri, 17 Feb 2006 01:31:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1580119/posts Since Betty Friedan's death I've found myself wishing that the cause I care about most had a voice like hers to speak for us. That cause is traditional Judaism — which, among many others things to recommend it, offers a wiser and ultimately more humane vision of womanhood than does feminism. Indeed, women under 45 or so have mostly seen through Friedan's idealization of work-outside-the-home as the necessary and sufficient condition of a meaningful life. But never mind that. I envy Friedan's singular gift as a revolutionary consciousness-raiser. Her book "The Feminine Mystique" initiated modern feminism. Today the Jewish world... The Forward https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1580119/posts#comment Fri, 17 Feb 2006 01:31:06 GMT