Yeshivat Chovevei Torah

Partnership minyans grow among the Orthodox grassroots, despite leaders’ condemnations

The battle over partnership minyans is just the latest scuffle in the war over women’s roles in the Orthodox community. Is it just a matter of time before these semi-egalitarian minyans go mainstream?

By Uriel Heilman March 4, 2014 2:31 pm

SAR tefillin policy just the tip of the iceberg for Orthodox women

The announcement this week that SAR, a modern Orthodox high school in New York, is allowing girls to lay tefillin is helping expose an increasingly sharp fault line within Orthodoxy.

January 23, 2014 12:03 pm

RCA backs Avi Weiss (sort of)

The Rabbinical Council of America says it did not cast aspersions on Rabbi Avi Weiss’ commitment to halachah. But amid Weiss’ dispute with the Israeli Rabbinate, is the RCA willing to back Weiss?

January 6, 2014 11:30 am