(RNS) Women who would be Orthodox rabbis had a major setback Friday (October 30) when the highest religious body for Modern Orthodox Jews ruled against their ordination. The Rabbinical Council of ...

Emile Ackermann and Myriam Ackermann-Sommer are leading what is thought to be one of the only Modern Orthodox congregations in France. (David Khabinsky via JTA.org) Alice D’Oléon PARIS — After ...

More Orthodox Jewish women around the world are following the path of ordination, though controversy over female rabbis continues in most Orthodox circles. But as more and more Orthodox women are ...

Sara Hurwitz has blazed a trail in Judaism. She’s thought to be the first female rabbi ordained by an institution in an Orthodox, or observant community. Now she’s opening the door for more to follow.

Rabbi Moshe Hauer, the executive vice president of the Orthodox Union, died suddenly on Monday evening after suffering a ...

Last week, a video surfaced that reminded us once again that Jewish and Israeli feminists still have work to do. Rabbi Yosef Kelner, one of the rabbis in Eli mechina, a training course for Modern ...

Separate the signal from the noise about antisemitism and understand current debates over Jewish safety. Sign up for the Antisemitism Decoded newsletter today. The leading liberal Orthodox rabbinical ...

Orthodox group says Hauer 'took nothing more seriously than his role of sharing the joy of Jewish life with our community and beyond,' as he is mourned by fellow American Jews, US senator ...

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