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Beth Din Of America Preparing to Add Female Board Member

By JTA

The Beth Din of America, one of the preeminent rabbinic courts of North America, is preparing to add a female board member, Dr. Michelle Friedman, the founder and chair of the Department of Pastoral Counseling at New York’s Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT). Founded in 1999, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah is a modern Orthodox rabbinical seminary that […]

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RCA: We Don’t Proactively Seek to Reevaluate Past Conversions

By JTA

The Rabbinical Council of America denied a prominent rabbi’s accusation that it is actively negating past conversions. The Orthodox rabbinic organization issued a statement Friday responding to a JTA opinion article criticizing the group written by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld. His article, published Thursday, accused the RCA and its Beth Din of America of “retroactively negating […]