Din Din Aviv: "I Don't Feel Discriminated Against in the Jewish World"

With International Women's Day approaching, singer Din Din Aviv shares a powerful interview about her place in the religious world, the right 'to be created as He wishes,' and her special women's performances that embody a 'positive and genuine liberation point.'

"For me, every day is Women's Day, especially on Shabbat when they sing 'Eshet Chayil' to me. I know it sounds like something from someone who has returned to faith, but that's how I feel and it's the truth," she says in an interview with 'Srugim.' "I feel the privilege to be created as He wishes, and I feel that as women, we have been given a very beautiful place in the spiritual world, and maybe there should be an International Men's Day as well?"

Aviv is set to present a special women's performance soon in Zedekiah's Cave, together with singer Lea Shabbat, who is her "true soul friend." When asked why she focuses on women's-only performances and what she says to those who see these performances as a form of discrimination against women in the religious world, Aviv replies, "As a woman who jumped into the Jewish world, I don't feel discriminated against. I've always felt more liberated on stage when performing only for women. In women's performances, there is a kind of positive and genuine liberation point where it's just us and the Creator, and that's why I believe a women's evening is more strengthening, liberating, and joyful."

"The goal of my performances is to empower women simply by being women, to understand that we are precious, wonderful, and great both spiritually and physically. Only we can bow our heads and still feel powerful and strong. Precisely by allowing our men to feel strong and good and as if 'above,' and yet still feel strong, that is our greatness. And it also touches a Jewish point that modesty and humility specifically symbolize greatness."