Many women at the Daf Yomi Siyum HaShas, sitting in the all-women sections in Madison Square Garden’s upper levels, enjoyed the celebration as they watched the men dance below.
Jewish scholars say that there are some ways in which the Ten Commandments could be displayed publicly that they would find acceptable, but most do not think the cases now in front of the Supreme Court would make that cut.
President Bush’s former press secretary, Ari Fleischer, has written a book about his experiences; few of his anecdotes reveal much about his Jewishness.