Sara Hurwitz

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Feb 3, 2022, 9:41 PM

Chaim Walder was not a member of my community. I followed the story closely, appalled, like many, at the destruction and pain that his actions caused. I assume that it was not my place to speak out, leaving it...

Aug 2, 2021, 10:39 PM

Letting Go and Holding on: Simone Biles and Moshe Rabbeinu

It might surprise you to know that I used to be a gymnast! I don't think I was very good but I did compete. During one such competition, I was on the uneven bars and in the middle of...

Jul 12, 2021, 11:05 PM

The tide has turned

Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz. Photo Credit: Alex Taibel

I am used to being dismissed. As a pioneer forging my way in the Orthodox community, my own ordination in 2009 became the center of a communal and media firestorm. A few examples: in 2008, about a year before...

Aug 18, 2017, 9:04 AM

From Apartheid to Racism

My mother’s comment has been swirling around in my mind all week: “We moved out of apartheid South Africa to get away from racism, intolerance, and hate,” she lamented. “I can’t stop thinking about what happened in Charlottesville, and...

Jul 8, 2016, 2:23 PM

The flawed dream

With Women of the Wall celebrating a bat mitzvah in a quest for the middle ground that offers hope for the future

Jun 24, 2016, 1:21 AM

When receiving semikha becomes ritual

As recently as 7 years ago, the landscape for female Jewish leaders was lonely; no more, thanks to Yeshivat Maharat

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About Me

Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Co-Founder and President of Maharat, the first institution to ordain Orthodox women as clergy, also serves on the Rabbinic staff at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale.