Spring Break
Jewish women address past restrictions
By: Megan Keyho
Issue date: 3/31/09 Section: News
Texas A&M Hillel, Chabad Jewish Student Center and the Aggie Jewish Women began The Jewish Women's Summit, a two-part event that will conclude Tuesday.
"Sometimes the past is vague and hard to incorporate into our lives," said Amanda Levin, vice president of the Aggie Jewish Women and senior biomedical science major.
"I loved learning about the ways that our foremothers contributed to Jewish history. Women had so many restrictions then compared to women in this day in age and I just think about how much more ability and power we have to make contributions than they did," she said.
Lindsey Rosenbaum, president of the Aggie Jewish Women, said that she learned about past women in Judaism and what inspired them.
"I think the girls learned more about themselves by learning about people who came before us," said Rosenbaum, a senior mathematics major. "This is a really good program to get girls thinking about their future and where they want to go with their Judaism."
Carlie Dorshaw, director of programs at Hillel, said the group will decide on a list of 10 goals for Jewish women. They will work to create collages representing the most meaningful goals.
"It is nice to see girls outside of myself that are deep rooted in our faith," Levin said. "I saw a lot of girls there who took it seriously and not just as a social activity. We know that there are Jewish people on campus who are not active and would like to open this up to the young Jewish women and those interested in Judaism on campus."
The first session included three guest speakers who focused on the past and moving toward the present of Jewish womanhood. Speakers included Sara Alpem-Tarlow, an associate professor of history specializing in women's history, Manya Lazaroff, co-director of the Chabad, and Carlie Dorshaw director of programs at Hillel.
The guest speakers discussed the rise in the study of women's history, women of the Bible and six prominent women from the 20th century and how they rose to become political and social leaders.
Where and when
The event will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Student Center 292.
"Sometimes the past is vague and hard to incorporate into our lives," said Amanda Levin, vice president of the Aggie Jewish Women and senior biomedical science major.
"I loved learning about the ways that our foremothers contributed to Jewish history. Women had so many restrictions then compared to women in this day in age and I just think about how much more ability and power we have to make contributions than they did," she said.
Lindsey Rosenbaum, president of the Aggie Jewish Women, said that she learned about past women in Judaism and what inspired them.
"I think the girls learned more about themselves by learning about people who came before us," said Rosenbaum, a senior mathematics major. "This is a really good program to get girls thinking about their future and where they want to go with their Judaism."
Carlie Dorshaw, director of programs at Hillel, said the group will decide on a list of 10 goals for Jewish women. They will work to create collages representing the most meaningful goals.
"It is nice to see girls outside of myself that are deep rooted in our faith," Levin said. "I saw a lot of girls there who took it seriously and not just as a social activity. We know that there are Jewish people on campus who are not active and would like to open this up to the young Jewish women and those interested in Judaism on campus."
The first session included three guest speakers who focused on the past and moving toward the present of Jewish womanhood. Speakers included Sara Alpem-Tarlow, an associate professor of history specializing in women's history, Manya Lazaroff, co-director of the Chabad, and Carlie Dorshaw director of programs at Hillel.
The guest speakers discussed the rise in the study of women's history, women of the Bible and six prominent women from the 20th century and how they rose to become political and social leaders.
Where and when
The event will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Student Center 292.
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