[Avodah] Deputy Ministers

[Toby Katz]

In Avodah Digest, Vol 42, Issue 52 dated 29 July, R' Joseph Kaplan wrote:
 >>ISTM that Jay Schachter, in his erudite post about women serving as ministers and voting in Israel, told only part of the story. Rav Kook's psak is, indeed, well known. But it was not the only word on that matter and my understanding is that the National Religious Party has not accepted it, the Dati Le'umi community does not accept it and, indeed, women in that community (as well, of course, in the lo dati community and many other communities) do, indeed vote and serve as ministers and even higher (you may have heard of Golda Meir).<< >>>>> It is true that the National Religious Party has not accepted Rav Kook's psak about women serving as ministers and voting in Israel, but how is it relevant that the Lo Dati community never accepted that psak? Does the Lo Dati community ask for psak on anything?  How is Golda Meir relevant?  Did she consult daas Torah before becoming Prime Minister, and did she receive a non-Kookian psak? For the record,  I am in favor of women voting and also I would like to see Sivan Rahav-Meir become the second female prime minister of Israel.  Caroline Glick would be another great choice.  I believe that Rav Kook would have reversed his psak if he were alive today, with the changed circumstances that now prevail.
 --Toby Katzt613k at aol.com ============= ______________________________
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