“Gender Variations in Jewish Identity: Practices and Attitudes in Conservative Congregations” by Tova L Hartman Halbertal and Steven M. Cohen (2001)
“Status and position within a hierarchy – areas in which the Torah privileges the male – are quintessentially social. They belong to the public domain. … [W]hat has always been Judaism’s greatest strength is its emphasis on the other, the personal domain – where love, compassion and mercy are the covenantal virtues. … That is why, while social status follows the father, personal identity follows the mother.” –Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, “Bemidbar: The Personal v The Political,” Covenant and Conversation: Thoughts on the Weekly Parsha from the Chief Rabbi May 27, 2006
“Bemidbar 5766” in Covenant and Conversation by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
“I’m a Jewish girl and so I’ll become a Jewish woman—is there any more to it than that?” –from Adelman, Feldman and Reinharz, The J Girl’s Guide, page xix
“One of the most reliable predictors of whether a boy will succeed or fail in high school rests on a single question: does he have a man in his life to look up to? Too often, the answer is no.” – Peg Tyre, “The Trouble with Boys,” Newsweek January 30, 2006
The problem is that even after the recent flurry of attention about why boys are falling behind, there is still intense social pressure not to talk about biological differences between boys and girls.… There is still resistance, especially in the educational world, to the findings of brain researchers.” –David Brooks, “The Gender Gap at School,” The New York Times June 11, 2006 Op-Ed
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