Ideas An installation in Pennsylvania marks a milestone in the journey of Orthodox women rabbinic leaders Rabbanit Leah Sarna, the first senior rabbinic leader of her Orthodox synagogue, creates another crack in a persistent glass ceiling.
10 years after the founding of the first Orthodox school to train female clergy, what’s actually changed? The launch of Yeshivat Maharat in New York represented a huge step for Orthodox women, but resistance remains strong.
Britain’s first Orthodox female rabbi is ordained “I will describe myself as a rabbi, that’s what I’ve trained to do," said Dina Brawer, a graduate of Yeshivat Maharat in New York.