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News Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, New York Orthodox rabbinical school, ordains an out gay rabbi
The men's seminary, known as a center of Orthodox Jewish innovation, plotted a new course after controversial 2019 decision
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Yiddish World The Yiddish professor and female Orthodox rabbi sharing Yiddish children’s literature with the world
Read this article in Yiddish A jack of many trades is sometimes a master of them all Speaking with Miriam Udel, the Yiddish professor at Emory University in Atlanta who is reacquainting the world with Yiddish children’s literature, you quickly notice something remarkable. In one moment she sounds like a literary scholar and in the…
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Community The Orthodox Union Says It Wants Female Leaders. So Why Stop Us From Leading?
Since our inception in 2009, Yeshivat Maharat has been no stranger to questions and concerns that have been raised by some in the Orthodox community. Despite the excellent work being done by our students and graduates across North America, every few years there have been attempts to halt the flourishing of female leadership. We have…
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Life Meet The New Female Rosh Kehila Of This Brooklyn Orthodox Synagogue
Meet Michal Kohane, the latest Maharat-in-training to be offered a pulpit in the Modern Orthodox Prospect Heights Shul in the heart of brownstone Brooklyn. Kohane was recently announced as the new “Rosh Kehila,” head of the community, by the community rabbi Ysoscher Katz. Born and raised in Israel, Kohane has had a leading role in…
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News O.U. Won’t Take Action Against Synagogues With Female Clergy Until After High Holidays
The Orthodox Union will not make a decision until at least mid-October on what to do about member congregations that continue to flout its new rules banning female clergy, the group’s executive vice president told the Forward. The Forward reported Thursday that advocates were worried that the group would take up the issue at its…
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News EXCLUSIVE: Is The Orthodox Union Poised To Expel Synagogues With Female Clergy?
Half a year after the Orthodox Union banned women from serving as clergy at members’ synagogues, at least four of its congregations are continuing to flout the rule. Now, advocates worry that the O.U.’s board could vote to expel those synagogues at its meeting next Wednesday, the first gathering of the board since it passed…
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Life Trailblazing Rabbi Lila Kagedan Should Be Judged by Her Work — Not Title
In the past couple of weeks, the Jewish media has been abuzz with the news that Rabbi Lila Kagedan has been hired to work as a part time member of the clergy team at the Mt. Freedom Jewish Center in Randolph, NJ. A recent graduate of Yeshivat Maharat, she has chosen to use the title…
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