Mendel Shapiro

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Jewish feminism
Writers
Rachel Adler Blu Greenberg Tova Hartman Paula Hyman Judith Hauptman Susannah Heschel Judith Plaskow Tamar Ross Mendel Shapiro Daniel Sperber Trude Weiss-Rosmarin
Groups
JOFA Shira Hadasha
Issues
Agunah Jewish view of marriage Minyan Mitzvah Partnership minyan Role of women in Judaism
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Judaism and women

Mendel Shapiro, a Jerusalem lawyer and Modern Orthodox Rabbi, is the author of a halakhic analysis [1] (pdf) permitting women to read from the Torah in prayer services with men on Shabbat under certain conditions.

Mendel Shapiro holds B.A. and M.S. degrees from Yeshiva University and a J.D. from Columbia University. He received Semicha (Rabbinic Ordination) from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University.

[edit] See also

• Shira Hadasha
• Partnership minyan

[edit] References

• Mendel Shapiro, “Qeri’at ha-Torah by Women: A Halakhic Analysis” (Edah 1:2, 2001) (pdf)

[edit] Further reading

• Gidon Rothstein, "Women’s Aliyyot in Contemporary Synagogues." Tradition 39:2, Summer 2005. (Critical analysis published in the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America's official journal)
• Eliav Shochetman. Sinay 135-136 (2005), pp.271-336 (Article by Hebrew University Law School professor criticizing Mendel Shapiro's analysis )