The Boy Crisis In Judaism

[hatam_soferet]

There is a stage during the making of Tefillin Barbies where they have both arms stuck out in front of them, so that I can glue stuff on easily. They creep me out a bit at this stage.

And now they can creep you out too! Imagine them all going "BRAAAAIIIIINNNSSSSS"



I actually think this picture expresses beautifully the feelings of those who are worried that boys' participation in Judaism is declining catastrophically since the introduction of egalitarianism. This is sometimes called "The Boy Crisis In Judaism," or "the feminization of liberal Judaism," a statistical imbalance massively distorted by the fear that hordes of women will descend on everyone and suck out their brains. Or something.

(Linked at Jewess.)

Comments

[kerrypolka]

I remember reading an article, although of course I can't remember where or who wrote it, about how many of the 20th-century American feminists were and are Jewish. The author thought that this was because 20th-century American Judaism is so thoroughly egalitarian.

[hatam_soferet]

My first reaction is "How very odd." I mean, American Judaism wasn't very egalitarian at all until rather late in the century.

[liv]

To be fair, numerically Reform Judaism vastly outnumbers the halachic and para-halachic movements in the US. And Reform Judaism has been more egalitarian than the largest American Christian movements for really quite a long time.

[hatam_soferet]

I had in mind the Reform Judaism of the 50s and 60s, akshuly...

[rymenhild]

I've seen your journal linked in several places, we have a number of friends in common including shirei_shibolim and taylweaver, and I'm very interested in your thoughts about gender and Judaism. May I subscribe to your journal?

(My primary journal remains rymenhild, and I haven't started cross-posting. If you're interested in reading what are mostly dissertation complaints, these days, you're welcome to friend me there.)

[kolraashgadol.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I love this. Never mind that even in liberal Judaism, most of the people who go and are ordained are men. Nevermind that most of the people in positions of power in shuls and organizations are men. Nevermind that, because obviously the solution is male minyans, and male only activities. Because men are clearly losing out unless they outnumber women and have all the power. Yup.

[hatam_soferet]

Hullo! Yes, of course you may subscribe. I like your icon.

[hatam_soferet]

I believe this is sometimes called "WHAT ABOUT TEH MENS???!"

It's interesting that we try to tackle the "problem" by reassuring the men that they're okay. I'd rather see us teaching people that just because women do it doesn't mean it has cooties, but that would be too much like hard work.

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