Dina Najman
Dina Najman is the rabbi of the Kehilah of Riverdale, a synagogue in
New York city, founded in 2014, which describes itself as "an Orthodox Jewish Congregation dedicated to creating a serious and meaningful tefilah for our kehilah, committed to learning Torah and living by its values and seeking to promote individual and communal acts of chesed (kindness)" and as "supporting spiritual and lay leadership irrespective of gender."[1]
Career
In 2006, Najman became the first Orthodox woman appointed as rabbinic leader of a synagogue, when she became the Rosh Kehilah of Kehilat Orach Eliezer in Manhattan, New York.[2] She was educated at Jerusalem Michlala,[3] Stern College for Women, Drisha Institute, and Nishmat (midrasha), where she served as a "shoel u’meishiv" — someone to whom students can turn for help in their learning.
She is a
SAR Academy.[5] Phyllis Chesler said of Najman, "She's a rebbe, a Talmudist, the way she gets right to the point in so few words."[6]
Dina Najman was among the few Orthodox
Yeshivat Maharat. Other women in her position include Mimi Feigelson (ordained in 1994) and Haviva Ner-David
(ordained in 2006).
See also
References
- ^ "Kehilah of Riverdale". Kehilah of Riverdale.
- ^ Luo, Michael (21 August 2006). "An Orthodox Jewish Woman, and Soon, a Spiritual Leader". The New York Times.
- ^ "מכללה ירושלים". www.michlalah.edu.
- ^ "Rosh Kehilah Dina Najman: Celebrating a Unique Rebbe For Our Time". Jewish Journal. 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Kehilah of Riverdale". Kehilah of Riverdale>.
- ^ "The Book of Ruth". Tablet Magazine. 15 November 2021.
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