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"The Rabbinate exams aren't Halakhic, they're administrative." said Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz
Chief Rabbinate seeks a further HCJ hearing and a stay, while offering women only partial exam access. Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz urges full compliance.
Interview with Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz on the Rabbinate’s plan to open only two exams to women: “If women can sit some exams, why not the others?”
After the HCJ ordered the Chief Rabbinate to let women sit its exams, the Rabbinate seeks a further hearing and a stay. With responses from Atty. Yair Mivorach-Shaag, Atty. Dr. Elad Caplan, and Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz.
Wedding season is here, and what seems to be present at every chuppah also raises a question: What is the source of the custom of wearing a veil, and what is the contemporary perspective in terms of values like choice, renewal, and feminism? Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz was interviewed alongside Dr. Nurit Sirkis Bank and Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky on this topic.
'Davar' report on Supreme Court ruling on women's rabbinical certification exams and the Rabbinate's response to the Court's mandate for equal testing access across all halakhic subjects.
Women gain access to rabbinic path. Historic win: Rabbi Seth Farber and female pioneers reflect on the fight to open rabbinic exams to women.
Israel's High Court of Justice's ruling against gender-based discrimination in rabbinic ordination exams fostered a sense of hope for women.
An interview by Naama Morel with Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz in the “Et Psika” column: on the role of women’s halakhic rulings, their communal and educational impact, and the challenges vis-à-vis rabbinic institutions.
In her book Rabbot Ve'Tovot, Prof. Amia Lieblich presents the personal stories of 29 women rabbis in Israel, across all denominations. Among them is Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz.
Cultural childhood memory, a book read twice, somone to swap places with for a day. Tamar Perlstein Kashdan interviews Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz
In a 2021 interview, Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz reflects on women’s halakha, feminist faith, and her vision for inclusive, transformative rabbinic leadership.
Over the past decade, sexuality in the religious world has shifted from taboo to open dialogue. Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz discusses this change in a new article.
Interview in Daniela Satran Reifen’s blog Playing with Color with Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz, highlighting her role in feminist Judaism, halakha access, and community building.
"A woman must not endanger herself and public health in order to immerse," says Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz in the interview, explaining that absent Health Ministry confirmation of mikvah safety, and given that 75% of public mikvahs operate without valid licenses, women must prioritize preserving life over immersion and ask questions about their regular mikvah to reach a decision about their immersion.
"There's an encounter here between religion and state, science and halakha," says Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz in an interview with Haaretz about the crisis in mikvahs management during the coronavirus period
A critical analysis of the government’s decision to exempt mikvaot from COVID-19 regulations. The article explores the tension between halakhic observance and public health, highlighting how responsibility was placed on women’s shoulders.
The engagement with God’s body and visage in Jewish tradition is nearly as ancient as the prohibition against representing them. How has this ban been bypassed in kabbalistic and Zoharic writings, and what role does the body play in contemporary Jewish creativity? An article ahead of a study and writing workshop led by Dr. Omri Shasha and Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz
The “Chuppot” initiative offers couples a halakhic wedding path outside the Chief Rabbinate, led by rabbis and leaders promoting freedom in marriage. Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz, Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz, and Rabbi Chuck Davidson were interviewed by Chen Artzi Sror.
Women’s leadership and learning in Orthodoxy in Israel – in which three women describe their journey in answering the call to Torah. Read the article in Hebrew | לקריאת המאמר בעברית
An article about the place of spouses of female halakhic Rabbis and the domestic implications of this historic shift. Adam Katz speaks about life with Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz in her role as a halakhic teacher. He notes that questions arrive at all hours and that couples tell her - rabbinical authority is authority, regardless of whether a rabbi or rabbanit responds.