Is it about time for the following developments?

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Glatt-kosher lawyers



Welcome the new law graduates: They have ambitions to reach the Supreme Court, they want to earn lots of money while doing good, and oh, yes, they are ultra-Orthodox
Haim Levinson



Twice a week for the last four years, 28 year old Gila Naftalin put her four children with her sisters in law, left her home in the ultra-orthodox neighborhood of Kiryat Belz in Jerusalem in order to attend law classes on the Ultra Orthodox campus of the Kiryat Ono Academic College.



Naftalin is a scion of a well-known rabbinical dynasty. Her brother Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz is the rabbi of the Western Wall and holy sites. She is a graduate of the Beit Yaakov seminar but instead of pursuing the traditional role of housewife or seminar teacher she decided to surprise: She is one of 30 graduates of the first college program for ultra orthodox lawyers.



Is it appropriate for an ultra orthodox woman to be a lawyer? What about modesty?



“I understand those who say that it is not appropriate for an ultra orthodox woman to become an attorney, but I don’t agree. I am not saying that tomorrow morning I intend to tell all my girlfriends to study law. I understand the opposition of the ultra orthodox public but it is my choice. There is no modesty problem. During my internship I appeared in the courts and there was no problem.”



Naftalin went to the graduation ceremony with her husband Shaul who not only shared her enthusiasm but also received his own law diploma after completing the course with her. Shaul realized there is no money in the world of Torah and he wants to be able to raise his children with honor. There is no alternative. One has to find a job.



“The reality is that, as the saying goes, without bread there is no Torah,” Gila said. “My husband has not abandoned the world of Torah study but there were few options. I admire my girlfriends who enable their husbands to study but there is a limit to how much you can do.”



These ultra orthodox lawyers represent a quiet revolution-taking place in that community in recent years. They are going out to work. Among the 40 new lawyers are the children of religious regional council officials and rabbinical scholars. 140 additional attorneys in training are currently doing their internships.



Oy Gevalt! A tank top



The campus looks like a shtetl. Standards of modesty are strictly adhered to. The men and women study on separate days. Lecturers are asked to apply self-censorship in their communications with students and to dress modestly. A lecturer who arrived in a tank top was asked by the students to wear more modest attire.

I think this is a great thing and about time. They are clearly practicing modesty and modestly and the woman has honourable goals (namely justice). I too, love intense schooling and while most women I nkow are not thus inclined, I think that those who prove to be up to the challenge and have something to offer, should do so.

kol a'kavod! Mistuyan! perhaps with some good observant women practicing law there will be a realization that the courts are suppose to be a place of justice. After all aren't we suppose to be 'changing the world' and preparing it for Moshiach? How can we do that if we think that there is no place for Torah-oservance outside of shul/yeshiva or in this yet not in that field...? Some places of career choice are Not conducive to being observant, yet that is because those activities do not uphold Torah or because those activities have no who is Torah observant changing them with kadusha l'shem shamayim! However, if we are creative enough and follow HaShem with emunah and chazak and our Torah-vision is clear, then there is (almost) nothing that cannot be transformed into a purposeful G_d honoring activity... We should be asking: How bad do i/you want to be good? how bad do i/you want to see the world transformed? - The chimmney sweep gets dirty, yet if he doesn't, then the house could burn down! This world is suppose to be a dira tochtonim i.e. Beit Moshiach/Beit Elokit, isn't it time we began treating it that way? Isn't it time that the world sees what Torah knowledge can do, and why Torah is Emet?! The point is that being a lawyer is a slippery slope because there are many ethical compromises, and therefore to hold to true-Torah values and uphold justice is not an easy task, yet every movement towards the way things should be is necessary... as a small candle dispells the darkness in a room... that's what should be happening for you and those who like you are taking this step towards changing the legal system by (first) being Torah-observant Jews who (second) have a career in the legal field. Chazak! Bracha b'hatzlacha!