{"id":38515,"date":"2014-12-11T11:41:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T16:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=38515"},"modified":"2014-12-11T18:09:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T23:09:53","slug":"role-women-orthodox-jewish-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/community\/role-women-orthodox-jewish-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future Role of Women in Orthodox Jewish Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/blog\/convention\/interview-rabbanit-chana-henkin\/\">Listen to the full interview<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/series\/savitsky-talks\/\">Savitsky Talks<\/a> series, Stephen Savitsky talks to his interviewees about the future of the role of women in Orthodox Jewish life.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Stephen spoke with Rabbanit Chana Henkin, founder of Nishmat, the Center For Advanced Torah Study For Women.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbanit Henkin spoke about the state of women&#8217;s learning today vs. previous generations, providing fascinating insight on how societal changes in the secular world most likely brought about the monumental growth in women&#8217;s talmudic and advanced halachic study.  <\/p>\n<p>Today Nishmat has gradated 80 yoatzot halacha, and plans to have 100 by the summer.  The yoatzot\u2014who are found across the world, from Israel to London to North America\u2014have recieved a staggering 250,000 halachic questions in just over a decade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/blog\/convention\/interview-rabbanit-chana-henkin\/\">Listen to the full interview<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The topic will be discussed in greater detail by Rabbanit Henkin and others at the 2014 OU Convention, being held December 26-28 in Tarrytown, NY.  <\/p>\n<p>Other Convention speakers include Rabbi Hershel Schachter, Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Malcolm Hoenlein, Rachel Friedman, Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie and many others.<\/p>\n<p>Space is limited &#8211; register today at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/convention\">ou.org\/convention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/blog\/convention\/savitsky-talks-interview-lisa-septimus\/\">Stephen sat down with Lisa Septimus<\/a>, yoetzet halacha in the Five Towns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the full interview In a new Savitsky Talks series, Stephen Savitsky talks to his interviewees about the future of the role of women in Orthodox Jewish life. 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