(RNS) — The ruling does not call for the strictly Orthodox rabbinate to ordain women as rabbis but opens up to women the body’s licensing exams that test in a variety of areas of Jewish law. (RNS) — ...

By MICHAL RAUCHER Of Rutgers University When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Once men and women take the same exam, ‘every community can decide for themselves what kind of teacher or leadership model they want,’ said Michelle Shelemay Dvir, a religious ...

Trying to make history is never easy. But Linda Bobrin is not only used to taking on a challenge but also doing whatever it takes to make it work. That’s how a woman who grew up in what she admits ...

Jewish teachers, fed up with their own unions’ spate of antisemitic actions in recent years, notched a win this summer when the National Education Association reversed a decision to sever ties with ...

(RNS) — Israel’s state rabbinate must open up its rabbinic expertise exams to women, Israel’s supreme court said on Monday (July 14) in a ruling hailed by advocates for pluralism and egalitarianism in ...