Women Communal Roles

From RRW and RBH

Recently, the following was sent out by the OU in regard to the communal role of women:

A number of months ago, the OU posed two questions to a panel of its leading poskim:

1) Is it halakhically acceptable for a synagogue to employ a woman in a clergy function?

2) What is the broadest spectrum of professional roles within a synagogue that may be performed by a woman? 

Recently, the Rabbinic Panel provided their Responses to us to these questions. At a meeting of the OU's Board of Directors yesterday, the OU adopted the Responses of the Rabbinic Panel as a statement of OU policy. In addition, the OU has prepared a Statement, commenting on the Responses of the Rabbinic Panel.

To view the Responses of the Rabbinic Panel, and the accompanying OU Statement, please click on the links below:

Responses of Rabbinic Panel 

Statement from the OU
Allen I. Fagin

Executive Vice President / Chief Professional Officer

Orthodox Union

In response JOFA made the following statement

http://jofa.org/Advocacy/advocacy_statement‎

Courtesy of Rabbi A Gordimer

To further your study and investigation of the topic, we also wish to direct you to the Women Rabbis Archives at Torah Musings

 http://www.torahmusings.com/topics/women-rabbis/