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Equilibrium
IN THE OFFICE AND OUT
by Janet Sunness, M.D. of Hashem’s name) it was to have a re- bovits, a prominent doctor in Baltimore)
Editor’s Note: Each year, WITS/ ligious woman in my position. I appre- was interviewed for Where What When.
MAALOT, a seminary offering a full Ju- ciated his comment, but my response In my subsequent discussion with her,
daic curriculum along with a complete to it reflected the very nature of today’s she mentioned that when her grand-
secular education leading to a Bache- topic. I thought, “But in a million years, daughter was going to medical school,
lor’s degree, presents a seminar called he wouldn’t want his daughter in this and also when her son Yoel was going to
“Women in the Workplace: Opportu- position,” and I think this was true. So medical school, she davened for them ev-
nities and Challenges.” The seminar is a role in the workplace is an opportunity ery day. The opportunities and challeng-
part of the school’s ongoing mission of to make a great kiddush Hashem. At the es apply to us all.
preparing young women for a life of same time there are challenges that must
Torah, even as they leave the sheltered be faced. Infusing your Life with Kedusha
halls of learning to participate in today’s There are a number of ways to bring
world of work. How can they bridge the There is a famous response that Rav more kedusha (sanctity) to your day.
contrasts between the two worlds and Hutner gave related to working in a sec- One of the most important is davening
maintain their standards while inter- ular environment. A young man, prepar- every day. After I had my fourth child, I
acting with a diverse population? The ing to leave the yeshiva and go out into felt I just could not fit davening into my
following article is excerpted from the the working world, asked Rav Hutner hectic home and work schedule. Around
how he should deal with the fact that he that time, Rabbi Kaganoff, who was then
Aremarks of Dr. Janet Sunness at the sev- is now leading a double life. Rav Hutner’s rav of Congregation Darchei Tzedek in
reply was that it is not a double life; it is Baltimore, wrote an article about which
enth annual seminar. a broad life. It is analogous to two rooms parts of the tefila (prayers) a woman has
in the same house. One has to take his to say. This was a great help to me, and
uuu spiritual life with him when he enters the motivated me to get back to davening
workplace. daily.
bout 25 years ago, when I was
on the faculty of the Johns So, the problem is obviously not A woman should concentrate on the
Hopkins Wilmer Eye Insti- unique to women. Many years ago, Lady brachos she says during the day, whether
tute, I saw an important rav Amalie Jakobovits (the wife of the late before and after eating or when leaving
for his macular degeneration. Chief Rabbi of England, Lord Imanuel the restroom. This is a concrete way of
The rav later commented to Jakobovits, and mother of Dr. Yoel Jako-
one of my friends what a kid-
dush Hashem (sanctification
62 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
Equilibrium
IN THE OFFICE AND OUT
by Janet Sunness, M.D. of Hashem’s name) it was to have a re- bovits, a prominent doctor in Baltimore)
Editor’s Note: Each year, WITS/ ligious woman in my position. I appre- was interviewed for Where What When.
MAALOT, a seminary offering a full Ju- ciated his comment, but my response In my subsequent discussion with her,
daic curriculum along with a complete to it reflected the very nature of today’s she mentioned that when her grand-
secular education leading to a Bache- topic. I thought, “But in a million years, daughter was going to medical school,
lor’s degree, presents a seminar called he wouldn’t want his daughter in this and also when her son Yoel was going to
“Women in the Workplace: Opportu- position,” and I think this was true. So medical school, she davened for them ev-
nities and Challenges.” The seminar is a role in the workplace is an opportunity ery day. The opportunities and challeng-
part of the school’s ongoing mission of to make a great kiddush Hashem. At the es apply to us all.
preparing young women for a life of same time there are challenges that must
Torah, even as they leave the sheltered be faced. Infusing your Life with Kedusha
halls of learning to participate in today’s There are a number of ways to bring
world of work. How can they bridge the There is a famous response that Rav more kedusha (sanctity) to your day.
contrasts between the two worlds and Hutner gave related to working in a sec- One of the most important is davening
maintain their standards while inter- ular environment. A young man, prepar- every day. After I had my fourth child, I
acting with a diverse population? The ing to leave the yeshiva and go out into felt I just could not fit davening into my
following article is excerpted from the the working world, asked Rav Hutner hectic home and work schedule. Around
how he should deal with the fact that he that time, Rabbi Kaganoff, who was then
Aremarks of Dr. Janet Sunness at the sev- is now leading a double life. Rav Hutner’s rav of Congregation Darchei Tzedek in
reply was that it is not a double life; it is Baltimore, wrote an article about which
enth annual seminar. a broad life. It is analogous to two rooms parts of the tefila (prayers) a woman has
in the same house. One has to take his to say. This was a great help to me, and
uuu spiritual life with him when he enters the motivated me to get back to davening
workplace. daily.
bout 25 years ago, when I was
on the faculty of the Johns So, the problem is obviously not A woman should concentrate on the
Hopkins Wilmer Eye Insti- unique to women. Many years ago, Lady brachos she says during the day, whether
tute, I saw an important rav Amalie Jakobovits (the wife of the late before and after eating or when leaving
for his macular degeneration. Chief Rabbi of England, Lord Imanuel the restroom. This is a concrete way of
The rav later commented to Jakobovits, and mother of Dr. Yoel Jako-
one of my friends what a kid-
dush Hashem (sanctification
62 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
