Lila Kagedan: Difference between revisions

Kagedan trained and received ordination in the summer of 2015 from ''[[Maharat|Yeshivat Maharat]]'', the Orthodox women's religious training program founded by [[Avi Weiss|Rabbi Avi Weiss]] in [[Bronx]], [[New York]]. Unlike other ''Maharat'' graduates, who assumed titles such as ''rabba'' (feminine version of "rabbi") or ''maharat'' (''manhiga hilchatit ruchanit toranit'', or "female leader of Jewish law, spirit and Torah"),<ref name=FS>''Jewish Journal'' [http://www.jewishjournal.com/membership/article/orthodox_shul_takes_first_step_to_hiring_female_clergy Orthodox shul takes first step to hiring female clergy], September 11, 2014</ref> Kagedan is the first to take the title "rabbi", because she said she felt that it was the most natural following her ordination.<ref>''Canadian Jewish News'' [http://www.cjnews.com/living-jewish/jewish-learning/why-orthodox-judaism-needs-female-rabbis Why Orthodoxy Needs Female Rabbis], November 25, 2015</ref>