Rabbi condemned for ordaining woman

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URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/nation/article/rabbi_condemned_for_ordaining_woman_20100226/

The Agudath Israel Council of Torah Sages has issued a statement suggesting that a New York rabbi should no longer be considered Orthodox because of his decision to ordain a woman.

Last month, Rabbi Avi Weiss announced that one of his female students would now be known as rabba -- a feminized version of rabbi -- replacing her previous title of “maharat.” He declared in a statement that the name change “makes it clear that Sara Hurwitz is a full member of our rabbinic staff” at Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in the Bronx where he is the spiritual leader.

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