Written by Simon Rocker of the Jewish Chronicle – Miriam Lorie (PCJE ’16-’17) makes history with rabbinical appointment at UK Orthodox community. She hopes her role as ‘rabbi in training’ at Borehamwood partnership minyan will have ‘positive ripples on the Jewish world’. An Orthodox community in Hertfordshire is making history as the first in the UK to appoint a woman to a rabbinic leadership role. Miriam Lorie, 35, who is studying for ordination at New York’s pioneering Yeshivat Maharat for women, has started work part-time as “rabbi in training” with Kehillat Nashira, a partnership minyan in Borehamwood.
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