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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

Hebrew Institute of Riverdale

Participants hold signs at a concert held by Jewish Queer Youth. (Courtesy JQY)
January 17, 2018, 5:18 am
Jewish LGBTQ youths find safe space to reconcile religious and sexual identities
With many members coming from communities that prefer to keep them in the closet, JQY helps those who may still identify with their heritage find the path that’s best for them
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: Local Jewish communities in the Bay Area show their support for the LGBTQ community at the San Francisco pride parade. (Daniel Dreifuss/Flash 90/File)
From the WebDecember 29, 2017, 3:55 pm
So our happiness is not worth a ‘mazal tov’?
I’m still figuring out my own Orthodoxy, but don’t use me as an excuse to shame my family or my shul
By Ari Shane Weitz
Illustrative: Local Jewish communities in the Bay Area show their support for the LGBTQ community at the San Francisco pride parade. (Daniel Dreifuss/Flash 90/File)
December 14, 2017, 6:15 am
Liberal NY Orthodox synagogue to stop announcing LGBT weddings after complaints
Hebrew Institute of Riverdale to comply with new Orthodox Union policy following complaints over ‘institutional endorsement’ of same-sex marriage
By JTA
Yeshivat Maharat graduates at their ordination ceremony at Ramaz High School in New York City, June 16, 2013 (photo credit: Joe Winkler/JTA)
May 20, 2017, 2:45 am
Orthodox Union asks women clergy to change their titles
Move follows February ruling by umbrella group that bars females from serving in positions of spiritual authority
By Ben Sales
Illustrative: American Jewish day school students studying outside. (Courtesy of Hillel Day School/JTA)
From the WebMay 19, 2017, 3:58 pm
NY area day schools come together to celebrate Jerusalem
The Jewish Week: 1,000 pupils from multi-denominational programs to mark reunification of Israel’s capital in joint event
By MERRI ROSENBERG
Rabba Ramie Smith was ordained in 2016 and is now a clergy member at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, an Orthodox synagogue in New York. (Courtesy of Rabba Smith)
February 4, 2017, 5:07 pm
Facing OU synagogue ban, Orthodox women clergy vow to keep working
‘The way I’m reacting is showing up to work and continuing to do my job,’ says Rabba Ramie Smith of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
By Ben Sales
Illustrative: Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, head of Yeshivat Maharat, teaching a class in Jewish law. (Uriel Heilman/JTA)
May 23, 2015, 9:50 pm
What to call an Orthodox female clergyperson?
A new Yeshivat Maharat cohort tests Orthodox readiness for women rabbis
By Uriel Heilman
Rabbi Avi Weiss during a memorial service on June 17, 2014, outside the UN in New York, for the three Israeli teenagers kidnapped in the West Bank. (AP/John Minchillo)
October 17, 2014, 1:18 pm
Progressive Rabbi Avi Weiss announces he will step down
Leader of New York congregation, known for social activism and ordination of females, to become ‘rabbi-in-residence’
By JTA
Illustrative: Students at the Yeshivat Maharat liberal Orthodox seminary for women. (Chavie Lieber/Times of Israel)
April 23, 2013, 5:57 pm
A groundbreaking study center prepares Orthodox women rabbis, kind of
Ahead of graduation, students in the controversial NY women’s Yeshivat Maharat discuss its role in shaping Orthodoxy’s future
By Chavie Lieber
Rabbi Asher Lopatin, right, the incoming president of the Modern Orthodox Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, confers with Rabbi Yehoshua Eichenstein, the Zidichiver rebbe, at Chicago's Siyum HaShas celebration. (photo credit: Fred Eckhouse Photography/JTA)
September 9, 2012, 8:11 pm
How much will new rabbinical school leader shake up the Orthodox world?
With an emphasis on ‘open Orthodoxy,’ Rabbi Asher Lopatin — soon to take over the liberal-leaning Yeshivat Chovevei Torah — is stirring up both interest and opposition
By Uriel Heilman
September 3, 2012, 12:32 pm
Asher Lopatin to succeed Avi Weiss at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
Weiss’ school was launched in 1999 as a more liberal alternative to YU’s rabbinical school and has encountered some opposition among more conservative elements in the Orthodox world
By Uriel Heilman
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