ISRAEL $751 writing a dissertation on 19th Century German interpreta- tions of the Old Testament. "At Harvard I had become aware of latent anti-Semitism in the ways that the Old Testament was taught. The Old Testament was looked upon as anthropological, while the New Thstament was taught as theological. The Jews were equated with law, while the Christians were equated with love. I realized that a lot of scholarship on the Old Thstament came from 19th Century Germany." On Being a Jewish Feminist: A Reader grew out of Heschel's concern that most congregations are "Locked into a social struc- ture built around the subur- ban life style, with the result that may individuals, not on- ly women, feel alienated. She talks about the "Noah syn- drome," where activities are planned around couples, those who come in "two-by- two." By comparison, she ex- plains, "If I were to enter in- to an Orthodox group, and had to sit with the women in another room, no one would be looking at me to see if I brought a date?' She admits, however, that synagogues are marvelous places for elderly, single men to find companionship by coming to morning minyan. "But what about the older single women who live alone? There are so many more of them, and their numbers don't count in a minyan." Heschel said she believes that Jewish laws relating to women have changed more radically than have Jewish attitudes. "At least among the Orthodox, we're dealing with tangible issues. Even in Reform congregations," she Women Plan Special Lunch The sisterhood of Adat Shalom Synagogue will host its annual double-triple Chai dessert buffet on April 13 at 12:30 p.m. in the home of Trudy Weiss in Farmington Hills. The group will honor sisterhood members Roslyn Katzman and Ethel Goldenberg "for their spirit and hard work on behalf of the sisterhood." Reservations can be placed by making "Chai donations to the group. Those gifts also entitle donors to reservations for the Sisterhood's May 3 Donor Day. For reservations or informa- tion, call Adat Shalom Synagogue, 851-5100, by April 7. asks, "at the end of the ser- vice, who gets up to serve the tea and cookies?" Heschel, who has lectured extensively on feminism and Judaism, is co-chair of the American Jewish Congress' Commission on Women's Equality. She has taught both religious and women's studies for several years. She challenges congregations to open all roles of participation equally to women and men. "No longer can we worry about what it will do to Jewish men if women are counted in a minyan. It's time to think about what it's doing to Jewish women to not be counted in a minyan." She recalls sadly the in- dividual who was trying so hard to give equality to the sexes, when he agreed, "God is neither masculine nor feminine. 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