George Foot Moore, a gentile professor of theology and history of religion at Harvard University said that, “Women hold a higher position in Judaism than in other societies,” (Kaufman xxv). This shows that women are not treated as inferiors in the Jewish religion especially compared with other ancient religions and societies.

In the Torah Adam was created by G-d and contained both male and female p

There is a rabbinic saying that a pious man and woman were married but they couldn’t have children so they got divorced. The man married a wicked woman and he became wicked. The woman married a wicked man and the man became pious (Swidler 8). This shows that women have more effect on people than men do, and that men are more easily corrupted than women.

One reason why people think that women are treated as inferiors in the Jewish religion is because they are not allowed to read from the Torah. This is not always true. The only time that women are not allowed to read from the torah is when there are men present. This is not because women are inferior to men, it is because men are weaker than women are, and would be distracted if a woman read from the Torah.

Not much has changed in lives of orthodox Jews since biblical times. They still look to the Torah and Halachah for how to live their lives. Most of the men spend the majority of their life studying, and many marriages are still arranged. But some things have changed. Many Orthodox women have jobs now. I attend an orthodox synagogue and the head Rabbis wife opened up a Jewish assisted care facility. She oversees everything that happens there. She is also respected as much as her husband in my community.

In the Jewish religion men and women are on different spiritual planes. Since men are exposed to corruption on a daily basis they need mitzvot with symbolic value to make them see where true value lies. Women on the other hand are not subject to the daily corruption that men are so they do not require symbolic mitzvot as reminders (Kaufman 210).

In Jewish law women and men are seen as equal. A woman can be sued, and initiate a court case just as a man can. If a woman commits a crime she receives the same penalties as a man does, and if she is a victim of a crime she has the same legal rights as a man.

In the eyes of the ancient rabbis women are mostly viewed in by how they are related to their husband. This was not an uncommon view during that period. Rabbi Hanina believed, “As soon as a man takes a wife his sins are stopped up,” (Swidler 7). This means that taking a wife can get rid of a man’s sins. If women are thought of as being able to do this then they are looked up to, not down upon.

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