Tag: Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
Report: Jewish Clergy Fled Synagogue Jobs during Covid-19 Pandemic
“It’s like corporate culture, people don’t stay.”
Openly Homosexual Orthodox Jew Ordained in Jerusalem, Hold My Beer
It appears that Rabbi Landes removed himself from the boundaries of Orthodox Judaism with his defiant "ordination."
Liberal Orthodox Yeshiva Catching Flack for Refusing to Ordain Openly Gay Student
Our halacha is not more concerned with whether or not to ordain an "openly gay" man as rabbi than it is with an "openly thieving" man, or "openly driving on Shabbat" man, or "openly eating pork" man – you get the point.
Rabbi Asher Lopatin to Succeed Rabbi Avi Weiss at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
Rabbi Asher Lopatin of Chicago is set to succeed Rabbi Avi Weiss next year at the helm of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, the Modern Orthodox...
Reflections On A Grandson’s Enlistment In The IDF
I have long felt the holiest Jews are members of the IDF, the Israel Defense Forces. At countless rallies I’ve called out from the heart, “Blessed is the nation that has as its army the Israel Defense Forces.”
RCA Parley To Address Women’s Leadership Roles
With a high-profile discussion scheduled on women's leadership and two proposed rules aimed at marginalizing rabbis who deviate leftward on hot-button issues, an upcoming Orthodox rabbinical conference is expected to draw its largest crowd in years.
‘Pretty Worth It In The End’: An Interview With Dominican-American Convert Aliza Hausman
Have you read the blog Jewminicana? If you have, you are already familiar with Aliza Hausman, a recently converted Dominican-American blogger. She blogs about her childhood, upbringing, conversion, and a wide range of other topics. She and her husband, a semichah student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, also speak about life as a religious interracial couple.