Thank you to Gilla Nissan for sending me this news item from The Times of Israel.
A cohort of four new rabbis--two men, two women--were ordained in Jerusalem on June 9 at Har'el Beit Midrash.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/at-orthodox-womens-ordination-preaching-a-halacha-of-compassion/?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=79b238950a-2015_06_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-79b238950a-54796405
Of course Modern Orthodoxy is inclusive of women as rabbis, according to Rabbi Herzl Hefter, himself a graduate of Yeshiva University in New York City.
"It's the normal thing to do," he says.
The new rabbis include Rahel Berkovits and Meesh Hammer-Kosoy.
The article cites a number of previous ordinations in the US and elsewhere of women as Orthodox rabbis and predicts that soon there will be 100 Orthodox women rabbis in the US.
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