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Intergenerational Learning in Carmiel

Intergenerational Learning in Carmiel Last week, the pioneering northern branch of Midreshet Lindenbaum-Matat opened their doors for 60 new voices to join their unique chorus of learning in the seminary’s Carmiel beit midrash. “We invited our students’ mothers and grandmothers

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WIHL Graduates New Spiritual Leadership

Click here for photos Rabbanit Amira Raanan (pictured, right) and Rabbanit Navit Zaddik were certified as Manhigot Ruchaniyot and Morot Hora’ah on Wednesday, May 16, by the Susi Bradfield Women’s Institute of Halakhic Leadership (WIHL), an advanced 5-year program for female scholars at

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Newest WIHL Graduates

Mazal tov to the two newest graduates of the Susi Bradfield Women’s Institute of Halakhic Leadership (WIHL) at Midreshet Lindenbaum, Rabbanit Dr. Jennie Rosenfeld and Rabbanit Shira Zimmerman. Both Zimmerman (left) and Rosenfeld – whose internship of the past two

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Orthodox Women Making Waves

Tide of Orthodox Women Spiritual Leaders Making Waves in Israel By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman eJewish Philanthropy First there was the Matriarch Sarah, who according to the Talmud was a greater prophetess than her husband, Abraham. Then there was Judge Deborah. Later,

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Saying L’hitraot to Tova Rhein

Mrs. Tova Rhein, Director of the Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program at Midreshet Lindenbaum, has retired after a quarter-century of exemplary service. On June 22, the Menahel of Midreshet Lindenbaum, Rabbi Shlomo Brown, hosted an evening in honor of Tova, with speakers

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Celebrating Women’s Graduation

  Martin Lockshin – Opinion “Celebrating Women’s Graduation as Spiritual Leaders” Canadian Jewish News –  18/11/2015 Amid all the troubling concerns about safety and security in Jerusalem, a good news story unfolded here on Oct. 20 at Midreshet Lindenbaum, a post-high school

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New Spiritual Leaders

Scroll down for photos, courtesy of Nurit Jacobs-Yinon/Aluma Films New Spiritual Leaders After five years of intense study, two women were certified as spiritual leaders and morot hora’ah (arbiters of Jewish law) at a ceremony which took place on 20

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Don’t Call Me Rabbi

  Barbara Sofer – The Human Spirit “Don’t Call Me Rabbi” Jerusalem Post –  23/10/2015 An antiquated assumption that women are incapable or unwilling to grasp grand concepts hasn’t quite disappeared, despite the existence of women justices, neurosurgeons, and Google

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Orthodox Women and Leadership

OTS is proud to co-sponsor an important and timely panel discussion is entitled “Orthodox Women and Leadership,” which will take place on Tuesday night, May 5, 7:30pm, at New York’s Kehilath Jeshurun (KJ). It promises to be an inspiring and

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Things We Don’t Usually Talk About

Below is an invitation (and an English translation) to an exciting evening of learning about “Things We Don’t Usually Talk About,”under the auspices of OTS’s Susi Bradfield Women’s Institute of Halakhic Leadership (WIHL). The WIHL broke new ground eight years ago by enabling women

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Listening to Sarah’s Voice

  “Listening to Sarah’s Voice” by Dr. Jennie Rosenfeld Jerusalem Post Op-Ed –  9/11/2014 There are some places and situations where males, including rabbis, should never be present. One of them is a women’s mikveh. Period. I hate to write what might

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