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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
Yeshivat Maharat graduates at their ordination ceremony at Ramaz High School in New York City, June 16, 2013 (photo credit: Joe Winkler/JTA)
November 5, 2015, 3:58 pm
How do you solve a problem like a maharat?
Orthodox rabbis are divided on what to do with the cadre of knowledgeable and qualified women who wish to devote their lives to serving the Jewish community. Why some look to Chabad for answers
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: Rabba Sara Hurwitz, right, is the dean of Yeshivat Maharat in New York and the 'Rabba' at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in Riverdale, Bronx. (Uriel Heilman)
November 3, 2015, 8:54 pm
Sidelining female rabbis, Orthodox group votes to butt heads
Narrowly approved ban is likely to exacerbate growing divide within Orthodoxy over women’s roles, mobilizing opposition rather than quelling controversy
By Uriel Heilman
Four fresh rabbis ordained in June 2015 by Har'el Beit Midrash. From left: Rabbis Rahel Berkovits, Meesh Hammer-Kossoy, Lev Eliezer Israel, and Ariel Evan Mayse. (Sigal Krimolovski)
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?
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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 Asher Lopatin (JTA)
October 3, 2013, 4:02 pm
New yeshiva head articulates spirit of ‘open Orthodoxy’
Shrugging off censure, Rabbi Asher Lopatin of the controversial Yeshivat Chovevei Torah will celebrate his installation with a roundtable of non-Orthodox leaders
By Uriel Heilman
Yeshivat Maharat graduates at their ordination ceremony at Ramaz High School in New York City, June 16, 2013 (photo credit: Joe Winkler/JTA)
June 19, 2013, 4:19 pm
What’s in a name? Quite a lot when it comes to a female ‘rabbi’
The semantics of fusing ‘women’ with ‘ordination’
By Ben Harris
Illustrative photo of a young man reading from a Torah scroll (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
From the WebJune 11, 2013, 8:05 am
Orthodox yeshiva set to ordain three women
NYC-based institution to grant title of ‘maharat,’ a Hebrew acronym for ‘female leader of Jewish law, spirituality, and Torah,’ Tablet reports
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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