yeshivat maharat

New cohort of clergy tests Orthodox readiness for women rabbis

Next month, Yeshivat Maharat will double the number of Orthodox clergywomen in the field, but it’s not clear they can overcome Orthodox unease about women rabbis.

Orthodox yeshiva leader arguing for greater privacy in women’s conversions

In the wake of voyeurism allegations against a prominent Orthodox rabbi, the head of an Orthodox yeshiva for women says that male rabbis need not be present for a female convert’s ritual immersion.

Are women kosher supervisors a step toward gender equality?

Some women who took the Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s kosher supervision exam last week — the first time the exam was open to women — see the development as entrenching, not changing, female roles in Orthodoxy.

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