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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

Torah egalitarianism

Participants in chevruta, or partnered study, during Azara's summer orientation. (Ben Schwaub via JTA)
July 16, 2023, 4:09 am
A non-denominational yeshiva opens in Scotland, inspired by models in US and Israel
While such programs have existed for more than a decade, Azara is perhaps Europe’s first, hoping to offer a pluralistic space for intensive study of Talmud and other holy books
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Emile Ackermann and Myriam Ackermann-Sommer are leading what is thought to be one of the only Modern Orthodox congregations in France. (David Khabinsky via JTA)
July 3, 2023, 9:14 pm
France gets its first Orthodox woman rabbi, shaking the traditional establishment
Myriam Ackermann-Sommer wants to see women more involved with Jewish life, including in the synagogue. But not all welcome her — or even her Modern Orthodox denomination
By Alice D'Oleon
Hannah Kapnik Ashar is being ordained as a rabbi after studying at Yeshivat Hadar in New York City. She plans to start a women's prayer initiative in her home city of Denver. (Courtesy Hadar)
July 2, 2023, 11:49 pm
Egalitarian Yeshivat Hadar ordains its first — and for now, only — rabbis
The institute, which is committed to gender equality, LGBTQ inclusion and reaching Jews across denominations, will wait until it gathers another cohort that can execute its vision
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Bruce Brill examines barley in Jerusalem, Israel on March 22, 2023. (Canaan Lidor)
April 5, 2023, 10:40 am
As Karaites undergo a resurgence, why is their Passover different from all others?
An ancient stream of Judaism whose members distrust rabbinical authority, Karaism is seen growing in popularity among skeptical Israelis
By Canaan Lidor
Hadar students read a piece of text together. (Courtesy of Hadar/via JTA)
May 5, 2022, 3:47 am
Who counts as a Jew? Pioneering yeshiva fumbles admissions criteria, renewing debate
NY’s Hadar quickly removes erroneous language on website saying applicants should have two Jewish parents, but sparks heated conversation about egalitarianism and Jewish identity
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Hadar, the New York-based egalitarian yeshiva, announced plans for Chicago to include the development of local classes, much like the programming they began offering several years ago in Washington. (Courtesy of Hadar via JTA)
December 14, 2021, 6:35 am
Chicago and Washington to get egalitarian alternatives to traditional yeshivas
Hadar, the New York-based egalitarian yeshiva, to open a program in Chicago, while in DC Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld plans to open Orthodox yeshiva for people of all backgrounds
By Shira Hanau
Close-up of the morning blessings, in which a female worshiper thanks God for making her a woman, and not a man, from the 1480 'women's' prayer book scribed by Rabbi Abraham ben Mordecai Farissol in Italy, seen on March 3, 2019 at the National Library of Israel. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
March 8, 2019, 2:55 pm
The Jewish egalitarian revolution that almost was in Renaissance Italy
15th century ‘feminist’ prayer books open a window into the Jewish world’s female scribes, first published poetess, and first evidence of women-centric prayer
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A page from the Talmud, the Oral law of Judaism, August 19, 2007. (photo credit: Mendy Hechtman/FLASH90)
February 6, 2019, 9:04 am
Traditional, egalitarian Yeshivat Hadar plans to ordain rabbis
New York City educational institute says selected students will be eligible for full-time study program lasting four years and leading to rabbinic ordination
By JTA
Illustrative: Torah scroll Ink on gevil. Spain, 15th century (photo credit: Green Collection)
November 3, 2017, 9:53 pm
Torah scroll that women helped write to be unveiled in Madrid
Hailed as Spain’s first egalitarian Torah, scroll is also the first written from start to end in the country in 500 years
By JTA
Rabbi Shai Held, a co-founder of Mechon Hadar, a traditional egalitarian yeshiva, has just released a book of Torah commentaries. (Courtesy of Mechon Hadar/via JTA)
September 1, 2017, 12:42 pm
How Rabbi Shai Held is shaping the conversation around love and politics
The scholar wants to overcome the stereotype that ‘secular Jews are political activists’ and ‘religious Jews do mitzvahs,’ saying he’s ‘never heard of a more false dichotomy’
By Ben Sales
Rabbi Denise Eger, a contributor to 'The Sacred Calling,' center, reading Torah during her installation as CCAR president, March 16, 2015. (David A.M. Wilensky)
June 30, 2017, 12:42 am
Women Torah readers at French synagogue threatened, insulted
Marseille’s chief rabbi condemns the reading, says it ‘offends the sensibilities of the public’
By JTA
Manhattanville Coffee, opened two years ago, merges two of Crown Heights' communities: It's a chic artisanal cafe with strict kosher certification. (Ben Sales/JTA)
May 19, 2017, 11:59 am
A Jewish hipster haven in the heart of Chabad’s Brooklyn territory
Known as Lubavitch Hasidic headquarters since the 1940s, Crown Heights is becoming home to a new kind of Jew
By Ben Sales
Rabbi Ethan Tucker, a co-founder of Hadar, speaking with rabbis during a seminar at the New York yeshiva, March 1, 2017. (JTA/Ben Sales)
March 5, 2017, 1:33 am
At 10, egalitarian yeshiva wants to expand learning among Jews in the pews
New York’s Mechon Hadar seeks to reach out to different denominations, while still emphasizing traditional Torah study
By Ben Sales
Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky addresses Jewish leaders from around the world at the Knesset on November 1, 2016. (Nathan Roi/Jewish Agency for Israel)
February 28, 2017, 9:09 pm
Sharansky to serve extra year as Jewish Agency chief
Former prisoner of conscience says he’s motivated by need to resolve egalitarian prayer issue at Western Wall
By JTA and ToI Staff
Hateful graffiti sprayed on the Kehilat Ra'anan Reform synagogue in Ra'anana, November 24, 2016. (Yossi Cohen)
November 24, 2016, 11:28 am
Ra’anana Reform synagogue vandalized, death threats left with knife
Attackers make reference to Western Wall struggle; progressive leaders call on government to end incitement against non-Orthodox Jews
By Raoul Wootliff
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