Midreshet Lindenbaum
מדרשת לינדנבאום
Religion
AffiliationOrthodox Judaism
Location
MunicipalityTalpiot, Jerusalem
CountryIsrael
Architecture
FounderRabbi Chaim Brovender
Date established1976; 48 years ago (1976)
Website
midreshet-lindenbaum.org.il

Midreshet Lindenbaum (Hebrew: מדרשת לינדנבאום), originally named Michlelet Bruria, is a midrasha in Talpiot, Jerusalem.[1] It counts among its alumnae many of the teachers at Matan, Nishmat, Pardes and other women's and co-ed yeshivas in Israel and abroad.[citation needed]

History

Michlelet Bruria was founded in 1976 by Rabbi Chaim Brovender, as the woman's component of Yeshivat Hamivtar. At Bruria, as in a traditional men's yeshiva, women studied in hevrutot (a traditional Jewish system of partner-based religious study) and learned Talmud as well as advanced Tanakh.[2][3] In 1986, Bruria merged with Ohr Torah Stone Institutions and was renamed "Midreshet Lindenbaum" after Belda and Marcel Lindenbaum.[2][4]

Programs

Midreshet Lindenbaum offers a certificate in "Halachik leadership" (Hebrew: מנהיגות הלכתית), a five-year course in advanced studies in Jewish law, with examinations equivalent to the rabbinate's ordination requirement for men.[5] It also runs a Torah study program for developmentally disabled young men and women known as Midreshet / Yeshivat Darkaynu.[6][7][8]

The midrasha has been a leader in developing women's role in rabbinical courts in Israel and in founding the first school dedicated to training women to serve as advocates in rabbinical courts,[9][10] known as Toanot Rabniyot. Lindenbaum also operates a legal aid center and hotline which has taken an active role in advocating for a resolution to the Agunah problem.[11][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ El Or, Tamar (2002). Next Year I Will Know More: Literacy and Identity among Young Orthodox Women in Israel. Translated by Watzman, Haim. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-2772-2.
  2. ^ a b Furstenberg, Rochelle. "The Flourishing of Higher Jewish Learning for Women". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 1 May 2000.
  3. ^ Ross, T. (2006). A Bet Midrash of her own: Women’s contribution to the study and knowledge of torah. Study and knowledge in Jewish thought, 309-58.
  4. ^ About Midreshet Lindenbaum Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ המכון-למנהיגות-הלכתית
  6. ^ "Their enthusiasm is contagious, The Jewish Week, October 12, 2005". Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved October 10, 2007.
  7. ^ Midreshet Darkaynu
  8. ^ "Home". darkaynu.org.il.
  9. ^ The Monica Dennis Goldberg School for Women Advocates
  10. ^ Women Advocates Make Their Mark, Jewish Action, 2004
  11. ^ Max Morrison Legal Aid/Yad Lalsha Archived 2007-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "Divorcing the Courts". Jerusalem Post, Dec 28, 2006, p. 5

Further reading

External links

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