Regina Jonas: Quotes about women

Regina Jonas was rabbi. Explore interesting quotes on women.
Regina Jonas: 20   quotes 0   likes

“It is written that “one relies upon women,” so it is not foreign to Judaism if this “support” is broadened from the narrow,”

Regina Jonas

Can a Woman Be a Rabbi According to Halachic Sources?
Context: It is written that “one relies upon women,” so it is not foreign to Judaism if this “support” is broadened from the narrow, permitted range into a larger one of pasken, to which in principle there is no objection.

Women , Support

“God planted in our heart skills and a vocation without asking about gender. Therefore, it is the duty of men and women alike to work and create according to the skills given by God.”

Regina Jonas

C.-V.-Zeitung, June 23, 1938
Context: If I confess what motivated me, a woman, to become a rabbi, two things come to mind. My belief in God’s calling and my love of humans. God planted in our heart skills and a vocation without asking about gender. Therefore, it is the duty of men and women alike to work and create according to the skills given by God.

Women , Men , God , Heart

“But when it comes to a relaxing of the religious ban in the loosest sense of the word, in which the justification of restricted women from certain religious responsibilities and actions, were quite fitting and earn the highest respect – however, today, where woman is clearly present in public life and accomplishes practical tasks in cooperation with men, contact has become casual.”

Regina Jonas

Can a Woman Be a Rabbi According to Halachic Sources?

Life , Women , Men , Sense

“It is nothing special to see women, it is a matter of being accustomed, it does not excite the fantasies of a man.”

Regina Jonas

Can a Woman Be a Rabbi According to Halachic Sources?

Women