Stern College for Women - Kochaviah Yearbook (New York, NY)

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TERN COLLEGE FOR WOMEN YESHIVA UNIVERSITY 5 Lexington Avenue New York, N.Y. 10016 (212) 255-5600 With his singular vision of an institution of higher Jewish learning for women combined with an accredited college and his unique ability to ac- complish this goal, he brought into being Stern College for Women and continued to nurture her growth with sensitivity and understanding. It is for this that we dedicate our yearbook to the man most responsible for bringing the orthod ox Jewish woman into the 20th Century the late Rabbi Dr. Samuel Belkin z tz ' l. THE ORTHODOX JEWISH WOMAN TODAY Today, it is not at all surprising to hear a Stern College graduate speak of her classmate the medical student, the law stu- dent, or the Ph.D. candidate. Now, more than ever before, a significant number of or- thodox Jewish women are giving serious thought to pursuing careers in many fields, many of which were only rarely entered by orthodox women in the past. The example that some women have set in having suc- cessfully combined a demanding career with raising a family in the orthodox Jewish tradi- tion may be inspiring others. Stern College, with its tradition of a balanced education of Torah U ' Mada, is unique in the opportunity it offers to its students to gain a solid knowledge of the Jewish cultural heritage, laws, and morals, as well as a quality secular education. A good secular education, and an awareness of her true moral and religious obligations in Judaism are necessary prerequisites for the orthodox Jewish woman who wants to pur- sue a career in the secular world without in any way compromising her religious and moral values. Judy Wallach The subject of the personality of the Jewish woman is one that has intrigued great thinkers since the beginning of time. These times of the seventies, where identification and equality of the sexes are burning issues, seem to make the subject even more difficult in which to come to terms. The Jewish Mother image has been given a great deal of bad publicity of late, and as a result modern American Jewish women are rebell- ing from this role in search of a more respec-