For people with similar names, see Sara Horowitz (disambiguation).
Rabba
Sara Hurwitz
Artistic rendering of Rabba Sara Hurwitz
Personal
Born
(1977-03-15) March 15, 1977 (age 47)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Religion
Judaism
Spouse
Josh Abraham[1]
Denomination
Orthodox Judaism
Alma mater
Barnard College Midreshet Lindenbaum
Position
Rabba
Synagogue
Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
Position
President, co-Founder
Yeshiva
Yeshivat Maharat
Sara Hurwitz is an Orthodox Jewish spiritual leader aligned with the "Open Orthodox" faction of Modern Orthodox Judaism in the United States. She is considered by some to be the first female Orthodox rabbi.[2][3][4] She serves as Rabba at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale,[5] and the president and co-founder of Yeshivat Maharat, both in Riverdale, New York.[6]
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SaraHurwitz is an Orthodox Jewish spiritual leader aligned with the "Open Orthodox" faction of Modern Orthodox Judaism in the United States. She is considered...
spiritual leaders and halakhic authorities" in a four-year full-time course. SaraHurwitz was appointed dean of Yeshivat Maharat. On June 16, 2013 the first class...
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(ordination) on an equal basis with men. In June 2009, Avi Weiss ordained SaraHurwitz with the title "maharat" (an acronym of manhiga hilkhatit rukhanit Toranit)...
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including Gilah Kletenik at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun. In 2010, SaraHurwitz became the first woman to ordained as a "Rabba", or female equivalent...
Center in Connecticut, becoming their first priestess ordainees. 2010: SaraHurwitz, an American Orthodox Jewish woman born in South Africa, was given the...
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the fifty most influential female Rabbis in the U.S by The Forward. SaraHurwitz Dina Brawer Wall, Alix (8 March 2002). "Outed as a rabbi, Orthodox woman...
position on this issue. In June 2009, Weiss created the title MaHaRaT for SaraHurwitz. He expressed his desire to have called her a rabbi, stating "She can...
women, bestowing upon them the title Maharat, which he himself created. SaraHurwitz was appointed dean of Yeshivat Maharat. Along with Marc D. Angel, Weiss...
died in 2014 from complications due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. SaraHurwitz Dina Brawer Shira Marili Mirvis Timeline of women rabbis PRI.org Can...
Leadership Rabbi Steven Exler Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe (Associate) Rabba SaraHurwitz (Part time) Status Active Location Location 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway...
Who We Are". Retrieved 24 January 2014. "abba & rabbi: an evening with sarahurwitz & judith hauptman". Retrieved 24 January 2014. "The Jewish Theological...
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