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Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot and Marianne Novak. (Courtesy of the Jewish Standard/via JTA)
February 12, 2019, 2:52 pm
In NJ, Orthodox rabbis vote to bar a colleague for training female clergy
New RCBC bylaws do not allow as members leaders of congregations that let women hold rabbinic positions or internships that are part of ordination programs
By Larry Yudelson
Rabbi Jeffrey Saks, the newly named editor of Tradition magazine, in his Jerusalem office. (Sam Sokol)
February 12, 2019, 4:25 am
Journal’s new editor wants to steer Modern Orthodox debate into the 21st century
Updated philosophical challenges, from the role of women clergy to self-driving cars, aren’t the only things bringing flagship magazine Tradition into the future
By Sam Sokol
Rabbi Rachel Rubenstein is trying to engage young families in her role as executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County, New York. (Gail Conklin for the Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County/via JTA)
January 7, 2019, 2:24 am
Meet the 27-year-old rabbi leading a NY Jewish federation
In an age when Millennials cherry-pick their charitable causes online, Rachel Rubenstein says donating to a local federation is counter-cultural — and constituents are responding
By Josefin Dolsten
Amihai Zippor
July 12, 2018, 2:37 pm
Amihai Zippor
Rabbi Riskin & Rabbi Brovender in conversation
Two revolutionary Torah leaders reminisce about how they changed the world — and predict the future (women rabbis, anyone?)
Shoshanna Nambi, a rabbinical student from Uganda. (Courtesy of Nambi)
June 27, 2018, 7:40 am
This woman is studying to be the first female rabbi from Uganda
Though Israel doesn’t recognize her as Jewish, Shoshanna Nambi will attend HUC course in Jerusalem and wants to teach colleagues about Ugandan Jewish traditions
By Josefin Dolsten
Rabbi Deborah Prinz points on front of a display of different chocolates at La Maison du Chocolat, perhaps the holiest site for cocoa lovers on the Upper East Side (Danielle Ziri/ Times of Israel)
June 13, 2018, 12:31 pm
Rabbi follows her gut to discover historical link between Jews and chocolate
Deborah Prinz’ ‘choco-dar’ has sent her around the globe, leading to her book on the Chosen People and the food of the gods — from Spanish marranos to 20th century refugees
By Danielle Ziri
Rachel Stomel
May 11, 2018, 12:57 pm
Rachel Stomel
Defying conventions
When Religious Zionist rabbis discuss women’s roles in shul, childbirth, and feminism — in a woman-free zone
Britain's first Orthodox female rabbi, Dina Brawer (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 10, 2018, 6:14 pm
Britain’s first Orthodox female rabbi is ordained
Dina Brawer, who founded UK’s Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, receives semicha in London from Rabbi Daniel Sperber
By JTA
Chamutal Shoval
March 21, 2018, 1:55 pm
Chamutal Shoval
The Rabbinate won’t let me take its exams
By not letting us female students of Shabbat, kashrut, and more establish our expertise, the rabbis quash the Torah
Ysoscher Katz
February 13, 2018, 6:21 am
Ysoscher Katz
Progressive Orthodoxy has gone as far as it can go
With female clergy now a reality, it’s time to leave the battlefield and focus on creating religious vibrancy
Yerachmiel Seplowitz
February 5, 2018, 11:51 am
Yerachmiel Seplowitz
On women rabbis, the OU is reasonable
Four member synagogues are getting ample time to choose between dismissing their female clergy or quitting
Ohev Sholom synagogue's Ruth Friedman (YouTube screenshot)
February 1, 2018, 5:54 am
Orthodox Union won’t penalize synagogues that already have women clergy
But the organization reaffirms its decision prohibiting other shuls from hiring women in rabbinic positions
By Ben Sales
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
Leora Ezrachi-Vered (Avi Nave)
November 15, 2017, 2:06 pm
Ordination of 100th Israeli Reform rabbi keeps a daughter in the family business
Fledgling Rabbi Leora Ezrachi-Vered has big shoes to fill as a female spiritual leader of an Israeli congregation — her mother, Rabbi Naamah Kelman’s
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Daniel Geretz
October 29, 2017, 2:59 pm
Daniel Geretz
Welcome back, Orthodox Union
The Department of Women’s Initiatives explicitly affirms the importance of women as community leaders
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