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Maharat

Yeshivat Maharat students attend a graduation ceremony in New York, June 17, 2019. (JTA/Shulamit Seidler-Feller/Yeshivat Maharat)
Posted inReligion

New grants pay Orthodox synagogues to hire women as spiritual leaders

by JTA and J. Staff November 8, 2019November 8, 2019

A new initiative is paying Orthodox synagogues to hire female spiritual leaders. The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance announced Sunday that it is giving grants of up to $10,000 per year to synagogues […]

The Orthodox Union is allowing Maharat Ruth Friedman, left, shown at her graduation from Yeshivat Maharat in 2013, and three other Orthodox women clergy, to remain in their positions without their synagogues facing a penalty. (Photo/JTA-Joe Winkler)
Posted inNews

Orthodox Union will not penalize synagogues that already have women clergy

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 31, 2018March 19, 2018
Children sitting at the Park East Synagogue, a Modern Orthodox congregation in New York City, March 3, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Drew Angerer-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Five takeaways from a new survey of Modern Orthodox Jews

Ben Sales by Ben Sales October 3, 2017March 19, 2018
Michal Kohane
Posted inNews

N.Y. Orthodox shul hires woman, fired by S.F. Federation, as ‘head of community’

by JTA and J. Staff September 7, 2017March 19, 2018
Friedman sits with two other women smiling
Posted inBay Area, U.S., News

Orthodox Union demands female clergy change their titles

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 24, 2017March 19, 2018
the ner tamid hangs in front of a large half-circle window with floral stained glass motif in the center
Posted inColumns, Jew in the Pew, Jewish Life

When Orthodoxy tilts to the women’s side

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 12, 2017April 12, 2017

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