A liberal Orthodox education organization certifies a female decisor of Jewish law The certification comes in the wake of the announcement that women scholars in Israel will receive the same benefits as men who pass the Chief Rabbinate’s qualification exams, which are not open to women.
Israel’s president remembers murdered yeshiva student Dvir Sorek at start of school year “Dvir was truly a symbol of hope and faith and breadth of opinion,” Reuven Rivlin said.
For a liberal Orthodox educational network in Israel, it’s the end of an era Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, who founded Ohr Torah Stone in 1983, is handing the reins to former Yeshiva University administrator Kenneth Brander.
