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June 10, 2022, 2:30 pm
Podcast: This feminist aims to make prayer, and higher education, more inclusive
ToI talks to psychologist Dr. Tova Hartman, who founded the first partnership minyan, Jerusalem’s Shira Hadasha, 20 years ago
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Orthodox women rabbis don’t ‘count’ in prayer quorums. Should they?
As the dust settles from the Orthodox Union’s recent statement outlawing female clergy, some of the perplexed wonder how these new leaders can guide communal prayer
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July 19, 2015, 5:07 am
Orthodox women aren’t just talking about a revolution, they’re driving one
At the 9th annual Kolech conference, Jewish feminists of all ages leave no stained-glass ceiling unshattered
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June 11, 2015, 2:22 pm
At Orthodox women’s ordination, preaching a halacha of compassion
Head of new Jerusalem co-ed smicha program says ordaining women rabbis is ‘just the normal thing to do.’ But is Modern Orthodoxy ripe for such a radical step?
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March 10, 2014, 12:23 pm
Partnership minyans require ‘delicate choreography’
Despite Modern Orthodox leaders’ condemnations, these more egalitarian prayer groups are on the rise among the grassroots
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February 28, 2014, 3:55 am
YU agrees to ordain student who hosted partnership minyan
University had threatened to withhold rabbinical title over perceived support for egalitarian prayer groups
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February 27, 2014, 9:40 pm
YU threatens to block ordination over partnership minyan
Dean says student, whose identity has not been divulged, won’t be rabbi unless he defers to ‘recognized’ arbiters of Jewish law
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February 16, 2014, 11:33 am
Orthodox couples opt for illegal halachic weddings
Dissatisfied by old school patriarchy, many modern religious couples are marrying outside the Israeli rabbinate
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January 21, 2014, 7:50 pm
Orthodox girls fight for the right to don tefillin
As young women come of age and demand more gender equality, observant communities are made to contend with a heady dose of halachic egalitarianism
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November 21, 2013, 3:07 pm
Orthodox, separate — and almost equal
The partnership minyan phenomenon, marked by its liberal inclusion of women in leading prayer, is proving highly contentious and increasingly popular — a veritable Jewish revolution
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Amanda Borschel-Dan
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