Gender in Synagogues

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Reform services cardinal principle is that men and women are equal.

does not ignore differences between sexes but states there is no significance as far as religious activities are concerned.

No balcony or division between sexes (as in Orthodox synagogue)

women participate in all aspects of service.

Bar mitzvah takes same form for girls as boys.

omen can become Rabbis

Orthodox stated balance is achieved as Women reign supreme in home.

Women in reform synagogues expected to keep commandments and perform all rituals.

womens equality rooted partly in proper understanding of Torah and Talmud, and partly in wider social and cultural developments in world.

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