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edu:
From Rambam Hilchot Melachim, chapter 1 Halacha 5, it would at first glance, appear that in a Jewish State, Women Should not be appointed to be the Leaders. Some would extend this even to include not being a law maker in Israel's parliment.
In a Hebrew article, Newpaper editor Immanuel Shilo claims that Rabbi Moshe Tzuriel is in favor of allowing women to be Knesset Members
see http://www.inn.co.il/Articles/Article.aspx/10791
I remain confused about this issue, especially since I am told (I did not read about this in some official Kahanist writings) that when someone suggested that Rabbi Kahane put an Arab convert to Judaism on his party list to prove he wasn't racist, he turned the idea down, because he said the Torah doesn't allow converts to fill such Jewish governmental positions.
Although the key word to prove the halacha are different, it appears that both rules (not having converts in government leadership positions and not having women in the same positions) are both learned from Dvarim (Deuteronomy17:15).
To sum up my question, 1)Would a Kahanist support on the ideal level, having a woman as an Israeli Knesset member? 2)Would a Kahanist support having women Knesset members if that was a way of increasing the influence of the True Right in Politics, where we see that the left and the Phoney Right advocate policies that are leading to the murder of innocent Jews?

Tag-MehirTzedek:
http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=289132

 This is R' Aviner on this. Notice the extreme backlash. Simply put Jewish society unfortunately is not ready nor comfortable with such issues as of yett.
 On the other hand, their were Jewish women leaders(Devorah, etc.) I guess it is not a simple discussion but people need to put their emotions aside and decide these issues properly.
 
 With having non-Jewish converts as part of rulers- I know for sure someone who is a convert or descendants of converts (although not sure how many generation, maybe 1 or 2) should not be appointed as the national leader. Although converts are loved and we hold extremely highly of them never-the-less their would be some issues involved. For example dealing with that nation the convert came from. Their would be many problems for example attacking the people he came from. Or the other way around having biases on the other side as well. Also Israelites saying negative things against the person's former nation would also be problematic. 

Kahane-Was-Right BT:
The whole debate about women is a pointless exercise.  Society has changed.  There is no way to turn back the clock.   On the other hand, there is a big difference between a Jewish male / Jewish female issue, vs. a Jewish leader vs. Foreign alien leader issue.     I don't see how that cannot be clear although granted they do seem to stem from the same location it still doesn't make the issues the same.

Tag-MehirTzedek:

--- Quote from: Kahane-Was-Right BT on November 22, 2012, 01:17:24 PM ---The whole debate about women is a pointless exercise.  Society has changed.  There is no way to turn back the clock.   

--- End quote ---

 Really? Soo you agree with the reformers who preach things like taking away the whole issue of Jewish marriage and abolishing the Rabbanut in dealing with Jewish marriages in Israel. If they get their way their would be a disaster in Israel to say the least. Their would just be 2 groups which will never mix ever. Jews who go by Halacha and the admixture of others. Maybe Jews, non-Jews, mamzerim all under their own secular system.

edu:
The Rishonim are bothered by the question how was the female prophet Devorah able to rule and judge Israel
Tosafot to tractate Nida 50a suggests, that a prophetic command told Israel to temporarily break the normal halachic rules, or a second suggestion made by Tosafot is that they were figurehead male leaders or judges, who were in the official positions but they in practice followed whatever Devorah told them to do.
Ritva to Tractate 30a also suggests the 2nd idea raised by Tosafot or he adds the possibilty, that if the public wants to be judged by invalid judges, they have the right to do so.
I have not sufficiently researched Ritva's opinion to determine if he was just focusing on how individual court cases could be judged by Devorah or if he was also answering the question, how could the political leadership be in the hands of Devorah.
I also so far have found that Rabbeinu Nissim (R"N) on the Rif for tractate Gittin voices ideas pretty similar to Ritva's viewpoint.

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