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Religious Observance in the Workplace

Michael Eisenberg (Six Kids and a Fill Time Job) writes about the importance of feeling comfortable with public displays of Jewishness in the work place. For instance he asks:

How proud do you feel about your observances? Are you constantly running to hide them? When you need to put on tefillin in the morning and find yourself in an airport, do you wait for mincha and your quiet hotel room or do you put them on for shacharit in the airport (both are halachikly acceptable)?

Women and the Work Force

Yet another thought-provoking article in the NY Times about women opting out of the work force:

Is this shift evidence for the popular notion that many mothers are again deciding that they prefer to stay at home and take care of their children?

Maybe, but many researchers are coming to a different conclusion: women are not choosing to stay out of the labor force because of a change in attitudes, they say. Rather, the broad reconfiguration of women's lives that allowed most of them to pursue jobs outside the home appears to be hitting some serious limits.

Haredi Women in the Workplace

Yet another article in today's Ha'aretz about the creation of a work environment which meets the needs of Ultra-Orthodox women in Israel.

Caring for Elderly Parents

A sad but inspiring article about a successful career woman putting her life on hold to move back home and help her mother care for her father who is sick with Alzheimer's, featured in the NY Times.

Women's Work?

Yesterday's Ha'aretz featured a fascinating article about high-tech companies which are catering to charedi women employees. You may remember that I once wrote about a group of Mormon women in Utah who work from home fielding calls for JetBlue Airways. JetBlue's CEO calls this "homesourcing" and says it is the perfect solution for encouraging at-home motherhood (a value encouraged among the Mormons). Well, I think we have found a close Jewish version of this in Modi'in Ilit.