Sun Sentinel

Yeshiva U restores women’s Talmud classes

(JTA) Beginner and intermediate Talmud courses are back on the course schedule for undergraduate students at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, after an uproar over their cancellation.
The Forward

Transgender woman who lost yeshiva job is excluded from YU-affiliated Orthodox synagogue

(JTA) — When Talia Avrahami was asked to resign from a job teaching in an Orthodox Jewish day school after people there found out she was transgender, she was devastated. But she hoped to be able to ...
Jewish Journal

Yeshiva U. gives Talmud doctorate to woman for first time

Yeshiva University gave its doctorate in Talmud to a woman, Shana Strauch Schick, 30, for the first time. The university’s graduate study program in Talmud has been available to women since 2000, but ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Yeshiva University says it’s committed to women’s Talmud study amid uproar over canceled courses

A petition asked the Modern Orthodox university not to curtail lessons for women in one of Judaism’s most fundamental texts. (JTA) — The future of Talmud study for women at Yeshiva University remains ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Citing ‘outpouring of interest,’ Yeshiva U restores women’s Talmud classes whose cancellation incited an uproar

After a student-led petition collected more than 1,400 signatures, the administration at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women has added Talmud classes back to the course schedule. (JTA) — ...
The Forward

Women’s Talmud classes are back on at Yeshiva University after uproar over cancellation

(JTA) — The future of Talmud study for women at Yeshiva University remains uncertain after a dean told the student newspaper that the school would not replace a beloved teacher and that too few ...