Orthodox women study at Yeshivat Maharat in New York City Photo by Angela Jimenez
The inaugural graduation ceremony of the Yeshivat Maharat, the first institution to ordain Orthodox women as leaders trained in spiritual leadership and halakhic law in the Orthodox Jewish movement, is held at the Morris and Ida Newman Education Center in New York City on June 16, 2013.
Students Ruth Balinsky Friedman foreground left, joins Jewish feminist writer and thinker Blu Greenberg center, Maharat student Hadas "Dasi" Fruchter and others in dancing in a circle after the ceremony.
The three women are given the title "Maharat", a Hebrew acronym for "Manhiga Hilkhatit Rukhanit Toranit" which translates to a teacher of Jewish law and spirituality.The school, which currently has 14 students, was founded by Rabbi Avi Weiss. Rabbi Wiess controversially ordained the first female Orthodox Rabba in history, Rabba Sara Hurwitz, who serves as the dean of the school.
Photo by Angela Jimenez
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