t. Women have begun taking an active role in today’s Judaism. They want to be counted in the every-day prayers, and they want to sit with the men in all circumstances. Some women scribes are also trying to re-analyze the role of women in the Torah. They believe that men did the orignialy analysis, and their approach is much different to women’s. They believe there are hints all over the religious scrolls about powerful prophesy by women, but the men gave very little information about them. Among all these changes, the women are also striving to revise liturgical language, into a gender neutral way. In early Jewish history, Zionist women envisioned their promised land (Israel) as being a place where men and women would work side by side and each applying their full capabilities to the creation of this new world. There were many laws created supporting gender equality. Sexual discrimination between sexes in the labor force was perpetuated. Especially once the orthodox parties took a major role in the governing of Israel. They believed that all people even minorities in the state should become equals at all levels. That is why, in most part of the country, people live on what is called Kibbutz. These are mass populated farm areas, where hundreds of families live together and are self-sufficient. To live on a Kibbutz you must give up most of your worldly possessions, mostly only your money, to the government, and you have everything one could need to live a healthy and happy life on the Kibbutz.Throughout the history of Judaism, women have not only been the housekeeper, the mother, and the wife, they have also been a large part of the religious culture. We are able to see this especially when Moses went to get the Ten Commandments. While he was on Mount Sinai obtaining the commandments from God himself, the Jewish people had given up hope, and begun praying to idols. It was only the women who kept their faith and did not once di...
