The Magazine spoke with five spiritual leaders – leading Torah scholars in Israel, a rabbanit/teacher of Talmud and Jewish law, and a Reform rabbi in New York – for their perspectives.
See the full interview with different rabbis and their views on Judaism and the Israel-Hamas war this weekend in The Jerusalem Post Magazine and online at jpost.com
The orchestra will perform the choral symphony Dialogues of Love, based on a work by the medieval Jewish rabbi Judah Leone Abarvanel.
Hebrew College’s leadership wrote in the most recent email that the school is providing settings for students to cope with the allegations.
Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker was known to be dedicated to the spiritual development of his students and was a leading figure in the Haredi community.
Green does acknowledge acting inappropriately with a male faculty member who was previously his student, and expressed regret about it.
When Charlop was named dean of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at YU in 1971, it had 154 students. When he retired in 2008, it had 340.
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The impact of the decision is yet to be seen: it does not mandate, but merely permits, the inclusion of women to be considered for the committee that selects Chief Rabbis and Chief Rabbinate Council.