A recently discovered document reveals that Israel's rabbinical court system no longer recognizes the authority of more than 120 rabbis ordained at a modern Orthodox rabbinical school in New York, the Religion News website reports today (June 1, 2018).
The document, a letter written in March by Rabbi Asher Ehrentrteu, a senior administrator in the rabbinical court system, holds that rabbis ordained at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in the Bronx "call themselves Orthodox" but "are not recognized by the Rabbinate of Israel."
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah was established in 1999 by Rabbi Avi Weiss, who has pushed the envelope of Orthodoxy by creating rabbinical-type roles for women and launching the rabbinical school, which has been described as "Open Orthodox."
Ehrentreu's letter provides the first written proof that the court system is refusing to recognize an entire cohort of American rabbis based on where they were ordained.
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