Can Women be Orthodox Jewish Rabbis?
Can Women be ordained?
Read Rabbi Marc Angel's articles on this evolving topic:
Rabbi Angel's blog, November 1, 2015: "the Rabbinical Council of America has just passed a resolution forbidding women from being "ordained" or serving in some capacity as a "rabbi." The resolution seems particularly directed against the emergence of women who graduate from Yeshivat Maharat and receive titles akin to rabbis. The RCA does not want its members to hire these women, or to allow any women to serve in a rabbinic capacity." Continue reading
Rabbi Angel's blog, February 26, 2010: "The "Council of Torah Sages" (Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America) is a group of rabbis who claim to speak on behalf of Torah-true Orthodoxy. In a statement released February 25, 2010, they took umbrage with Rabbi Avi Weiss's decision to appoint a woman to a role of religious leadership in his synagogue. They said that this represents "a radical and dangerous departure from Jewish tradition and the mesoras haTorah [sic], and must be condemned in the strongest terms. Any congregation with a woman in a rabbinical position of any sort cannot be considered Orthodox." Continue reading