Women Cross a Historic Threshold in Jewish Orthodoxy
by Louise Johanson As reported recently in The Washington Post, three women have recently graduated from a program in New York, Yeshivat Maharat, to become maharat, or female spiritual leaders, “a new...
View ArticleAn Evening with Female Legends in Berlin
This evening I was privileged to see history in the making, attending a forum honoring the first woman rabbi, Germany’s Regina Jonas. Jonas was ordained by Rabbi Max Dienemann in 1935, but her memory...
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