Rabbi Works to Make Yeshivas More Inclusive

Rabbi Works to Make Yeshivas More Inclusive
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Jewish mystical texts say God "looked into the Torah and created the world" and studying the Torah is a way of studying God's mind. So why is it that Jewish study centers are filled almost exclusively with Orthodox men? That is the question lately driving Shmuel Herzfeld, a trailblazing Orthodox rabbi who tools around D.C. in a menorah-decorated car trying to find ways for Jews in the nation's capital to merge the commitment and intentionality of orthodoxy with the openness and inclusiveness of a more liberal faith.
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