in the streets. I guess I'll never understand orthodoxy.

don't matter much what stripe they are.

Amazing.

They can go back in time to a much more primitive era than the other major religions. Is there an ultra-Orthodox prohibition about using metal as opposed to stone tools?

However, they're not thinking things through to the logical end.

i kept the link because it made such a good point.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/renowned-hooha-doctor-wins-nobel-prize-for-medical,2692/

Renowned Hoo-Ha Doctor Wins Nobel Prize For Medical Advancements Down There

STOCKHOLM—In recognition of her groundbreaking work treating life- threatening diseases of the privates, renowned hoo-ha specialist Dr. Victoria Lazoff was awarded the Nobel Prize in Lady Medicine this week.

The world's foremost authority on ailments down south, Lazoff led a team of cutting-edge hoo-ha doctors to develop new strategies for detecting abnormal growth in...you know, that area. The accomplished physician humbly accepted medicine's highest honor before a crowd of her peers, and spoke about the importance of regular screenings to prevent unnecessary complications up inside one's business.

"Recent advancements have brought us closer than ever to eliminating this threat, but early detection is still our best defense," said Dr. Lazoff, who earned a doctorate in lady parts from Johns Hopkins University. "I thank you all for this great honor, which I hope will finally bring the world's attention to the serious matter of [hoo-ha] disease."

Attendees said Lazoff then presented a number of slides pertaining to the, uh, nether-type zone.

How do they explain that a female OB/GYN, no matter how eminent she may be in her profession, is being considered a non-person by her colleagues?

so the organization doing this is blocking female medical practitioners from speaking while being named after a female medical practitioner itself. As the article notes, ironic.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/worldview/in-jerusalem-women-are-voiceless-at-a-decidedly-womanly-event/article2297159/

Puah – ironically named for one of the ancient Hebrew midwives believed to have refused the pharaoh’s order to kill all male babies in Egypt at the time of Moses – has held many other conferences with male-only speakers. But this one comes on the heels of several other incidents in which women, or their images, have been excluded from public places under pressure from ultra-Orthodox leaders and their enforcement squads.

omans..

I hate religion..

[quote]For the past 12 years the Puah Institute has hosted an annual conference on Innovations in Medicine. At first, the conference was geared towards rabbinic authorities so they could integrate these advances into Jewish law (halacha). The first conferences took place in a synagogue, and therefore only rabbis and male doctors spoke.[/quote]

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=253064
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It is quite properly in the Op-Ed section by the head of the Puah Institute and gives some of the history of the conference...helping their fundies deal with modern gynecology and obstetrics.

It is also interesting to note the flack that it seems to have taken in Israel.

Otherwise the religious nuts will outbreed the sane people

A man who's a gynecologist iis like a mechanic who doesn't have a car.

There was a time when we thought of Israel as a more progressive democracy. Now we read about the religious nuts gaining more power.

The annual conference was intended to educate the fundie rabbis about modern gynecology and obstetrics, which is why it follows the strict rules.

Ow.