yeshivat maharat

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.

October 27, 2014 8:18 pm

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.

May 12, 2014 2:09 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

Pioneering class of female Jewish law advisers graduates

October 30, 2013 2:01 pm

Shrugging at censure, Chovevei’s Asher Lopatin articulates vision for ‘open Orthodoxy’

By Uriel Heilman September 30, 2013 3:00 pm

For graduates of Avi Weiss’ academy, ordination comes with controversy

By Ben Harris June 18, 2013 11:01 am

What does an Orthodox woman’s ordination certificate look like?

By Ben Harris June 17, 2013 5:33 pm

N.Y.’s Yeshivat Maharat graduates its first class of female religious leaders

By Marcy Oster June 17, 2013 11:40 am

The Newly Ordained – Yeshivat Maharat

May 22, 2013 2:47 pm

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