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Open Orthodoxy

Ari Segal
May 3, 2018, 12:07 pm
Ari Segal
Imagine the Orthodox world without vitriol
If we regard alternate approaches to Orthodoxy as the best approach for each community, we’ll judge favorably
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
Yitzhak Ajzner
December 14, 2017, 3:44 pm
Yitzhak Ajzner
Male and female rabbis praise US embassy move
Welcoming America’s recognition of Israel’s capital, progressive Orthodox leadership calls for peace
Rabbi Asher Lopatin at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in Riverdale, New York (Michael Datikash)
From the WebAugust 17, 2017, 9:54 pm
To mend bridges, ‘open’ Orthodoxy institutions consciously de-brand
New York Jewish Week: Current head of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah eschews term as distracting from working towards an inclusive Modern Orthodoxy
By Johanna Ginsberg
Martine Yana, director of the Edmond Fleg Center in Marseille, France, standing on its terrace roof, July 10, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
August 11, 2017, 12:28 am
It’s Jew vs. Jew in France as conflict over women reading Torah turns ugly
Anti-Semitism is encouraging Jewish isolationism and radicalization, say leaders, causing an Orthodox-Liberal rift
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Mitchell Rocklin
February 11, 2017, 10:54 am
Mitchell Rocklin
Why the OU barred female clergy
Open Orthodoxy is beyond the pale of Orthodoxy; no Jewish legal authority supports women rabbis
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, founder of Uri L'Tzedek: Orthodox Social Justice at a November 2014 immigrant rights protest. (courtesy)
January 20, 2017, 4:19 am
Altering prayer to exclude Trump, rabbi taps into history of liturgical dissent
Protesting the new president, a progressive Orthodox rabbi echoes the past by asking others to join him in no longer ‘blessing the Tsar’
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Lisa Liel
January 11, 2017, 4:11 pm
Lisa Liel
Wait, gay people aren’t regular people?!
Orthodoxy has no real framework accepting homosexuals without throwing out Jewish law — and that is a travesty
Reuven Spolter
December 15, 2016, 3:23 pm
Reuven Spolter
Same-old, same-old, and now official
Transparency doesn’t cut it; the Rabbinate’s conversion committee needs an Anglo who knows the American Orthodox scene
Jennifer Geretz
September 23, 2016, 3:30 pm
Jennifer Geretz
Is “partnership minyan” an oxymoron?
How men supporting women’s participation in shul creates a paradigm shift in what ‘Jewish community’ is all about
Chai Posner
July 27, 2016, 11:55 am
Chai Posner
New liberal Orthodox rabbis speak out
Recent Chovevei Torah graduates uphold traditional viewpoints about divine authorship and partnership minyanim
Sara Hurwitz
June 24, 2016, 1:56 pm
Sara Hurwitz
A clear, credentialed path for women
As recently as 7 years ago, the landscape for female Jewish leaders was lonely; no more, thanks to Yeshivat Maharat
Avrohom Gordimer
June 15, 2016, 1:31 pm
Avrohom Gordimer
Gay but not Orthodox
A rebuttal to a call to embrace LGBT congregants: yes, kindness is called for, but acceptance defies Orthodoxy
Rabbi Michael Broyde, a prominent religious judge and law decisor, has seen his reputation ruined by revelations that he used a fake persona to gain membership in a rabbinic group. (Courtesy Emory University/JTA)
April 19, 2016, 2:45 pm
Israeli rabbinate’s list of ‘acceptable’ rabbis includes 2 ‘disgraced’ in US, and 2 dead
A list of 150 Diaspora rabbis shuts out Liberal Judaism and Open Orthodoxy, makes room for rabbis denounced for sexual misconduct and false representation
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Lila Kagedan is the first Yeshivat Maharat graduate to go by the title 'rabbi.' (Courtesy Yeshivat Maharat)
January 12, 2016, 4:01 pm
New Jersey Orthodox shul hires woman who goes by ‘rabbi’
In announcement, Randolph synagogue says Lila Kagedan will join ‘spiritual leadership team,’ but doesn’t use her title
By JTA
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