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Rabba Yedida and the taxonomy of orthodoxy

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabba Yedida Eisenstat, a recent graduate of Yeshivat Maharat, joins her co-hosts to discuss her ordination and the challenges and opportunities of women in Orthodox clergy roles. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Orthodox JudaismJewish LeadershipGender EqualityYeshivat MaharatRabbinic EducationWomen's OrdinationRabba Yedida EisenstatRabbah Rachel Kohl FinegoldKorach Torah PortionReligious Titles

Places mentioned

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"And as a kid growing up in Toronto in sort of straddling conservative and Orthodox Judaism, I didn't have any women rabbi role models, right?"
Riverdale, New York, United States
"The way Maharat does it is they have the great big ceremony for, you know, 500 people in the sanctuary at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale."
Bronx, New York, United States
"And then he took us on Friday night to Hebrew Institute. He took us to the shul and two stories that I love that I, when I think back to that, cause I was what, like 16 and now I'm 40 was that on Friday night, Rabbi Weiss went to the door before everybody and hugged everyone as they left."
New York, United States
"I went through this program called JSLI, Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute. That's run by Rabbi Stephen Blaine, and he's based in New York."
Maine, United States
"When I think back to my, the thing that was kind of tough for me about my actual ordination was that there was an incredibly close family friend's wedding that weekend in Maine."
Kemp Mill, Maryland, United States
"We got a pool membership at the pool that all the modern Orthodox Jews in Kemp Mill go to."
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
"Our teacher came in. That was really, really amazing. And then just last year I had an installation here at the Simpkins Center and my new, like my new place where I've landed."
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"They haven't done anything since. So there was a little bit of apprehension, but I think that as soon as she started working and she had the confidence, she was doing the things. There was a lot more acceptance very early on."
Maryland, United States
"We got a pool membership at the pool that all the modern Orthodox Jews in Kemp Mill go to."
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