The strict boundaries between men and women are familiar to anyone who has attended an Orthodox synagogue or has read the stories of airplane flights being delayed because haredi Orthodox men ...

Not quite the look associated with the rabbinate, but this month she has broken both tradition and the glass ceiling in mainstream Orthodox Judaism to become its first ever female rabbi working ...

Lila Kagedan, who was ordained this summer by the Open Orthodox seminary, declined to identify the American congregation who hired her. (JTA) — The first graduate of Yeshivat Maharat to take ...

make presentations about female Orthodox Saints. At the end of the session, they always sing Akathist to the Mother of God. Mother Gabriella admits that the project has expanded from “simply reading ...

But for Orthodox women everywhere, this installation is extraordinary. In 2009, the trajectory for Orthodox women to become senior rabbinic leaders in synagogues seemed straightforward and inevitable.