An event I did not attend this week in Crown Heights:
"Video" (this was in big Hebrew letters, title and content unsepcified, but easily guessed) at beis moshiach for yud tes kislev.
An event I did attend this week:
"Breslov Shabbaton in Flatbush."
When I came in the women's section had about 6 seats and there was a sign:
"Due to an overflow crowd this shabbos the main women's section has been moved downstairs.
We deeply appreciate your cooperation and participation."
This in a shul where women sing.*
That aside, it was all very nice. A funny crowd of flatbush-misfits who smile and don't wear expensive clothing and say hello but don't need to know your last name (miriam whaaat?) so they can place you on their yichus-map. And, despite the during-daavening exile, an atmosphere in which it wasn't embarassing to be female and seen.
A small very happy looking chassidishe man played the recorder (of the wind instrument, not the electronic device, variety) at a melaveh malkah. The end.
* More to the point, perhaps, this is a shul where they open the mechitzah during shiurim so women can see what we're listening to. But it still didn't occur to them that the best way to save space might be to collapse the 6-10 tables between rows in the men's section!
posted by miriam @ 10:16 PM
1 Comments:
well, in a word, yes. but no. i mean, not more out of the shul than your average chassidishe balcony (aka, second floor with some panels removed so the women can hear - they did the same in reverse. displaced some panels so sound carried into the basement.)
on that note, i was in a shul where the ezras noshim was a second floor with a grate in the floor over the bimah. there was a big sign outside detailing the expected attire of all the "chosheve mispalelos." (no slits, high necks, no falls, etc...) i told my mom, and she asked, "but do they ever tell you not to stand on top of the grate?"
;)
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