Female rabbi gets teaching job back at London School of Jewish Studies

Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz 'delighted' at LSJS reversal; Israel’s Sephardic Chief rabbi says better to live abroad than among secular Israelis

Female rabbi given back her teaching role at London School of Jewish Studies (Jewish Chronicle)

The London School of Jewish Studies (LSJS) is to give back Rabba Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz her teaching role after she was dropped by the college in mid-June following her ordination as an Orthodox rabbi at a New York yeshivah.

Rabba Dr Taylor-Guthartz’s exit from LSJS triggered a storm across the Jewish world. Hampstead Synagogue’s Rabbi Michael Harris resigned from the school in protest while Orthodox figures across America spoke out in support of the LSJS president, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, who made clear her ordination meant it was impossible for her to continue teaching at an Orthodox institution.

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Photo: Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz (Jewish Chronicle)