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American letter backed by 1,500 Orthodox figures backs Chief Rabbi over female rabbi row

Letter praises Mirvis for ‘maintaining Torah standards …in the face of pressure from progressive activists’

June 29, 2021 12:12
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The largest rabbinic public policy organisation in America has found the support of 1,500 Orthodox figures for a letter backing Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis over his position on a newly ordained female rabbi who was dropped from her teaching role at the London School of Jewish Studies. 

Rabba Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz was removed from LSJS - whose president is Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis – after she received ordination from Yeshivat Maharat, a New York-based institution which runs courses of Torah study on Orthodox lines.

The letter organised by the Coalition for Jewish Values praised the Chief Rabbi for “maintaining Torah standards in Jewish education in the face of pressure from progressive activists”. 

However, it mistakenly claimed that Rabbi Mirvis had “dismissed” Dr Taylor-Guthartz after she received ordination.