Naming Is Powerful

The Kolech Religious Women’s Forum in Jerusalem has chosen the official Hebrew title for a female rabbi: rabba. They did consider “Maharat,” the title recently given to Sara Hurwitz, who completed full rabbinic training in New York. But “rabba,” which is literally the female equivalent of the Hebrew word rabbi, is the term officially submitted to the Hebrew Language Academy in Israel.

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