In Protest, Rabbi Avi Weiss Leaves RCA
Steve Lipman Staff Writer Cites failure of Orthodox rabbinic group to admit Chovevei Torah graduates. Rabbi Avi Weiss, the maverick Modern Orthodox spiritual leader who has distanced himself from that...
View ArticleThe Riskin Row: Crossroads For Modern Orthodoxy?
Dov S. Zakheim and Steven Bayme Special To The Jewish Week Consider the following public statements:“The International Rabbinic Fellowship (IRF), an Orthodox rabbinic organization with over 180...
View ArticleRabbinical Council Of America Conversion Panel Issues Recommendations
JTA A committee established by the Rabbinical Council of America to review its conversion processes has submitted its report featuring recommendations in nine areas of the process.read more
View ArticleNew Direction For GPS
Wed, 07/08/2015 Editorial Sparked by a scandal over a prominent rabbi’s mistreatment of conversion candidates, a review of conversion practices in the Orthodox community by a special committee of the...
View ArticleJudge Upholds Sentence Of Mikvah-Peeping Rabbi
JTA A judge upheld the 6 1/2-year prison term of Rabbi Barry Freundel, the Washington, D.C., rabbi who secretly videotaped dozens of women undressing in the mikvah.read more
View ArticleAt LGBT Memorial Service, Orthodox Add To The Rainbow
Hannah Dreyfus Staff Writer RCA’s Rabbi Mark Dratch points to communal responsibility, says not the time to ‘retreat’ into defensive mode. When Sean Herzfeld, an openly gay Orthodox teenager from...
View ArticleRabbinical Council Of America Officially Bans Ordination And Hiring Of Women...
JTA The Rabbinical Council of America, the main modern Orthodox rabbinical group, formally adopted a policy prohibiting the ordination or hiring of women rabbis.read more
View ArticleIn Israel, Women Get Smicha, Prompting RCA To Reaffirm Its Ban
Hannah Dreyfus Staff Writer Orthodox feminists respond with 1,000 signatures on petition supporting leadership roles for women. The Rabbinical Council of America, the largest group of Orthodox rabbis,...
View ArticleOn Restating That Women Rabbis Are Taboo
David Sable One can only wonder at the single-minded focus and dedication of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), the largest body of Orthodox rabbis in North America, to passionately pursue,...
View ArticleNJ Orthodox Shul Announces Hire Of Woman Using ‘Rabbi’ Title
JTA An Orthodox synagogue in New Jersey has hired Lila Kagedan, the first Yeshivat Maharat graduate to go by the title “rabbi.”read more
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