It has come to my attention that a group of fabulous rabbis are reading BTFM now. Welcome, sister ministers! So, did any of you have Purim celebrations to attend? If so, what the heck do you wear?
Glad to have you here. I’ve hung out plenty with the rabbinate and OY, do I need to even say it?
B’shalom from Miss Weinstein
Thanks for the hearty welcome! My CPE supervisor directed me to this site. Love it. Shabbas ya’ll.
Obviously, I’m not a rabbi, but a dear friend is. She goes through various stages of head covering and not, and when she was ‘best woman’ in my wedding, she asked if it would be okay to wear a kipa. She wasn’t officiating, but still wanted to be observant. I said “OF COURSE!” It was lavender to match her dress, had a few ribbons trailing behind her, and looked lovely. She also gave a toast that blew the best man’s toast out of the water. But we knew that was going to happen.
Been reading (and appreciating) you for a while, and continue to recommend the site to colleagues and rabbinical seminarians, since goodness knows more of our ilk need this particular, ongoing clue. So todah!
So excited to have been directed to your site!! We women clergy need to stick together. Btw – for Purim, I dressed up as LADY GROGGER, get it? [That is brilliant! I bow to you. – PB]
I’m a rabbi who has been following your site for about a year and LOVE it! (so does my husband, the fashion police, who likes having backup.) I went as Lucille Ball for Purim, wig and all. SO hard to find a costume that isn’t “sexy” AKA trashy, inappropriate, and demeaning.
I too have been reading for a while and at this very moment am wearing Revlon Colorstay Bare Maximum on your recommentaion. It looks great, but my first love is CoverGirl Outlast Brazen Raisin.
For Purim I was Queen Esther with a shell underneath because you would plotz at the kind of cleavage queen costumes are showing nowadays.
This week’s article on Fidelia’s Sisters is a great piece by a young woman rabbi!
http://www.youngclergywomen.org/the_young_clergy_women_pr/2012/03/keeping-the-sabbath.html
I’ve also been a rabbinic lurker for some time and am a big fan pb!
for purim i wore a totally silly princess dress and a blond wig. but then i changed back into black pants and a sweater for post-purim dinner. and a matching kippah, of course. 🙂
You have fans amongst cantors as well. So many of the issues you address are relevant for clergy of all stripes. Thanks for the work you do!
This year I needed something quick and easy for our “Wizard of Oz” themed Purim play, so I took two pieces of yellow felt, drew blocks on them with black marker, and went as the Yellow Brick Road. In past years, I have gone as a Shirelle (a little self-conscious in a black sequined minidress, made slightly less risque by a pillbox hat, but it was worth it for a pic of me reading the megillah that way), a Bobby Soxer, and the Swedish Chef.