The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) has formally adopted a policy prohibiting the ordination or hiring of women Orthodox rabbis, the Times of Israel website reports today (November 2, 2015).
The policy announcement on October 30 came after a direct vote of the RCA membership.
The resolution states: "RCA members with positions in Orthodox institutions may not ordain women into the Orthodox rabbinate, regardless of the title used; or hire or ratify the hiring of a woman into a rabbinic position at an Orthodox institution; or allow a title implying rabbinic ordination to be used by a teacher of Limudei Kodesh in an Orthodox institution."
It concludes: "This resolution does not concern or address non-rabbinic positions such as Yoatzot Halacha (advisers on Jewish law), community scholars, Yeshiva University's Graduate Program for Women in Advanced Talmudic Study, and non-rabbinic school teachers."
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