Yct semicha gay

Most people are not aware that even within Orthodox Judaism there are great differences in practice and outlook. Since then, YCT has been pushing the boundaries of participation — though not yet ordination — for women; integration of social justice issues; and inclusion of diverse and minority Jews.

The stated reasons behind this refusal are confused and confusing. It purports to be because Daniel recently got engaged, and somehow YCT without telling Daniel assumed that he would be celibate! The response of the Jewish queer community has been somewhat mixed. Some queer Jews are saying that Orthodoxy was never a possible choice, that being Orthodox and queer is a masochistic contradiction in terms, that LGBTQ Jews need to leave the Orthodox world.

However yct semicha gay queer Jews point out that this is price of progress: this kind of thing happened in the Reform and Reconstructionist movements thirty years ago and in the Conservative movement fifteen years ago. I lived through that struggle, and my heart goes out to Daniel.

I do not see this painful situation as an indictment of Orthodox Judaism, but rather as an institutional struggle in which some of the leaders at YCT got too far out ahead of key players and donors. A change in leadership brought a discriminatory change in policy. This happens in all sorts of arenas to those of us who are barrier breakers.

We are supposed to stand for an unfearing loyalty to halacha Jewish Lawand it seems to me that there are so many who are acting out of fear and not who they really believe halachically can be a rabbi.

Liberal Orthodox yeshiva leaders defend decision to deny ordination to gay student

I hope that there will be dozens of Orthodox rabbis that step forward and say that we want to give this student semicha ordination and not dozens that are cowering behind closed doors. This month, April, Jews celebrate the holiday of Passover. In the Passover liturgy we read that each person must understand themself as having personally left slavery for liberation.

At the same time, I refuse to live anything but a dignified life, something I was always transparent about, including not being closeted or secret about my Torah, my identity, my beliefs, or my relationship. Rav Jane Litman.