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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How would you feel if your daughter wanted to be a rabbi? [/quote]

If she wanted to dedicate her life to the study of Torah, Id have no problem with it.  There is an increasing number of Orthodox women who choose this career path, most end up teaching (as do most Rabbis).  If she wanted to be a conservative or reform Rabbi,[b] I'd wonder what about Orthodox theology she was rejecting[/b], but I'd support her no matter what.[/quote]

It would be pretty clear, wouldn't it? Studying the Torah and becoming a Rabbi are two different, though related, things. Orthodoxy doesn't allow women to become rabbis based upon theological (as well as cultural) grounds. [/quote]

Yes and no. If she wanted to lead a congregation, then there are ways within the Orthodox world for a woman to have that kind of stature/influence.  If she wanted to be able to answer religious questions, there are some, though limited, opportunities to do that as well.  It depends what you want when you want to be a "Rabbi."  [b]The large majority of men with rabbinical ordination are no congregational rabbis.[/b]  [/quote]

Can a woman become ordained as a rabbi within Orthodox Judaism? I have family who are Catholic and Eastern Orthodox, and this is the hardest point for the women to accept. You can become a nun, you can "serve" the Church, you may even considered spiritually "purer" than men, but you cannot assume official leadership in the church. And official recognition by any community of one's equal status is an important [b]moral[/b] issue, IMO (e.g., women's right to vote/hold public office, Black Americans and civil rights, gay marriage, etc.), not just a civil one.[/quote]

Women cannot be ordained as rabbis.  There is an orthodox rabbi in NY who recently ordained a woman, but gave her a diff title other than "rabbi" and there was a big backlash against it. Women can have leadership in a synagogue (President), and many women/Rabbi's wives are approached to answer spiritual and religious questions, but the status of "Rabbi" and official authority to respond to religious questions and "paskin" (which means to make decisions and provide an authoritative answer in complicated areas) lies only with men.  Yes it is unequal treatment. [/quote]

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