- A
mechitza (Hebrew: מחיצה,
partition or division, pl.: מחיצות, mechitzot) in
Judaism is a partition,
particularly one that is used to
separate men and...
- wall or
curtain called a
mechitza. Men are not
permitted to pray in the
presence of women, to
prevent distraction. The
mechitza shown in the
picture on...
- men and
women do not sit together. The
synagogue features a
partition (
mechitza)
dividing the men's and women's
seating areas, or a
separate women's section...
- 2017.
Retrieved March 19, 2011. Dzmura,
Noach (2010).
Balancing on the
Mechitza:
Transgender in
Jewish Community.
North Atlantic Books. p. 15. ISBN 9781556438134...
- The
placing of a
Mechitza similar to the one in the
picture was the
catalyst for
confrontation between the Arabs, Jews and
Mandate authorities in 1928...
- sit together,
instead of
segregating the ****es on
opposite sides of a
mechitza.
After much
heated debate, the
congregation also
resolved to
observe Rosh...
- "Transing God/dess:
Notes from the Borderlands," in
Balancing on the
Mechitza:
Transgender in
Jewish Community, ed.
Noach Dzmura (Berkeley, CA: North...
-
Grace Elizabeth C. (May 25, 2022). "Growing Up on the
Wrong Side of the
Mechitza: A Case
Study of
Contemporary ****
Jewish Language".
Journal of Jewish...
- (sometimes with the
Torah scrolls) or look on from the
other side of a
mechitza (partition), in
accordance with the
value of
tzniut (modesty). In Conservative...
-
instead partitioning a
single floor into men's and women's
sections with a
mechitza.
Gender separation in
Judaism Islam and
gender segregation § In mosques...
