Orthodox Women and Leadership: Toronto
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Dr. Jennie Rosenfeld
Dr. Jennie Rosenfeld serves as a Manhiga Ruchanit in Efrat, as she completes her studies towards a "heter hora'ah" in the Susi Bradfield Women's Institute for Halakhic Leadership. She also holds a doctorate in English from the CUNY Graduate Center and has co-authored "Et Le'ehov: The Newlywed's Guide to Physical Intimacy".
Lila Kagedan
Lila Kagedan is passionate about health, ethics, religion, and education. In addition to her studies at Yeshiva Maharat, she works in clinical ethics, both in hospital settings and as a consultant in Israel, Europe and across North America. Lila supports families and patients making challenging health-related decisions and offers ethics training and support to health care providers, physicians, residents and medical students. Lila has lectured internationally on topics such as end-of-life decision-making, advanced directives, pastoral care, palliative care, care-giving, and informed consent.…
Sarah Cheses
Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Sarah Cheses is teaching Judaic Studies at Ulpanat Orot High School. Together with her husband Rabbi Noah Cheses, they served for three years as the Co-Directors of the Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) at Yale University, and are continuing this work as part time JLIC educators for university students in Toronto. Sarah is a graduate of the Keren Ariel Yoatzot Halacha Program at Nishmat: The Jeanie Schottenstein Center for Advanced Torah Study for Women…