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Why a Rabbi? Five Aspirations for Rabbinic Life

On January 11, 2015, I received rabbinic smicha (ordination) from ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal. Six years of academic study, ...

Life as a Female Semicha Student

When I was young, I was drawn to the study of Torah as a way to get closer to God ...

One Student’s Ordination Affects Us All

Yeshiva University’s recent decision to withhold semicha (rabbinic ordination) from one of its about-to-graduate rabbis because of his participation in ...