Orthodox Job Seekers' Problems Discussed

NEW YORK — "To wear
my yarmulke on the job, or
not to?" This is one of the
questions dealt with in an
article by Dr. Gershon
Kranzler, sociology profes-
sor at Towson College,
Maryland, featured in the
April Jewish Observer.
Dr. Kranzler maintains
that the religious Jew seek-
ing a job must confront his
prospects for the future with
more than the usual check-
list of salary and status.
First is the obvious re-
quirement of flexible hours
to accommodate Sabbath
and festival observance; but
beyond this are "ideal work-
ing conditions" which must
include an atmosphere not
hostile to one's religious

convictions, and should not to-day basis. Instead, Dr.
involve social interaction of Kranzler suggests making
a level and intensity that up a personal list of "must's"
could pose a threat to one's and "maybes" in the so-
religious equilibrium.
called grey areas that lie
beyond the inviolable ones
This is extremely vital
based on Halakhic re-
because a person enter- quirements, such as work-
ing the job market will
ing hours vis-a-vis Sabbath
find the values prevalent restrictions and food con-
in the world of employ- sumption vis-a-vis kashrut.
ment and profes-
One must first focus on
sionalism at logger-heads each individual problem
with those accrued dur- area and define one's place
ing a life-time of Jewish in a continuum that ranges
education, according to from unstinting and open
Dr. Kranzler.
identification with Judaism
The fine points of main-
taining a religious equilib-
rium are not always easy to
deal with when the
worker/professional is con-
fronted with them on a day-

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to the other extreme of
avoiding any statements or
actions that express one's
"otherness."
This determination must
be made in countless as-
pects of one's work; i.e., clo-
thing — from to-wear-or-
not-to-wear a yarmulka, to
Hasidic clothing; lunching
— from the brown-bag
snack to eating "fruit and
salads" out; socializing —
from distant politeness to
after-hours camaraderie,
which is mandatory in some
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