Nishmat's MIRIAM GLAUBACH CENTER
Yoatzot Halacha in THE US
Where Women's WELLNESS & HALACHA MEET
Contact A Yoetzet Halacha In Your Community
USA
California
Ilana Gadish
Yoetzet Halacha
424-341-5601,
Los Angeles Yoetzet Initiative
B’nai David Judea,
Kehillat Yavneh,
Young Israel of Century City
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Dr. Jordana Topp, DMD
Yoetzet Halacha
702-900-3509,
Beth Jacob Congregation
Connecticut
Dena Block
Yoetzet Halacha
201-921-8992,
Congregation Agudath Sholom, Stamford, CT
Georgia
Tova Warburg Sinensky
Yoetzet Halacha
470-231-5058,
Young Israel of Toco Hills, Atlanta
Maryland
Bracha Rutner
Yoetzet Halacha
(718) 614-2677 ,
Kemp Mill Synagogue, Silver Spring, MD
MASSACHUSETTS
Sarah Cheses
Yoetzet Halacha
(339) 364-2848,
New England Yoetzet Halacha Initiative:
Congregation Beth El-Atereth Israel, Newton,
Congregation Kadimah-Toras Moshe of Brighton,
Congregation Shaarei Tefillah of Newton,
Maimonides Kehillah of Brookline,
Young Israel of Brookline,
Young Israel of Sharon
New York
Long Island
Five Towns
Lisa Septimus
Yoetzet Halacha
516-900-2109,
Great Neck Synagogue,
Young Israel of Great Neck
Five Towns Yoatzot Initiative:
Congregation Beth Sholom,
Young Israel of Woodmere,
Young Israel of North Woodmere,
The Irving Place Minyan
Great Neck
Lisa Septimus
Yoetzet Halacha
516-900-2109,
Great Neck Synagogue,
Young Israel of Great Neck
Five Towns Yoatzot Initiative:
Congregation Beth Sholom,
Young Israel of Woodmere,
Young Israel of North Woodmere,
The Irving Place Minyan
NYC
Manhattan Yoetzet Initiative:
Shiffy Friedman
Yoetzet Halacha
(646)598-1080,
Manhattan Yoetzet Initiative:
The Jewish Center,
Kehilat Rayim Ahuvim,
Congregation Ohab Zedek,
Congregation Ramath Orah,
Congregation Shearith Israel
Lincoln Square Synagogue,
Westside Institutional Synagogue
Downtown Vaad:
6th Street & Stanton St. Synagogues
Riverdale
Rivka Alter
Yoetzet Halacha
(201) 503-6597,
NishmatRiverdaleYoetzet@gmail.com
Riverdale Jewish Center,
The Riverdale Minyan,
Young Israel of North Riverdale
Westchester
Shiffy Friedman
Yoetzet Halacha
201-341-6022,
Hebrew Institute of White Plains,
Young Israel of Scarsdale
New Jersey
Englewood/Tenafly
Nechama Price
Yoetzet Halacha
(201) 888-6999,
Ahavath Torah, Englewood
Kesher Synagogue, Tenafly
Long Branch
Nechama Price
Yoetzet Halacha
(201) 888-6999,
Congregation Brothers of Israel,
Long Branch
Teaneck
Tova Warburg Sinensky
Yoetzet Halacha
(201) 655-2180,
Congregation Rinat Yisrael,
Congregation Shaarei Tefilah,
Jewish Center of Teaneck,
Netivot Shalom
PENNSYLVANIA
Bracha Rutner
Yoetzet Halacha
(718)614-2677,
Yoetzet Halacha Initiative of Greater
Philadelphia & South Jersey
RHODE ISLAND
Sarah Cheses
Yoetzet Halacha
(339) 364-2848,
New England Yoetzet Halacha Initiative:
Congregation Beth Sholom of Providence
Canada
United Kingdom
WHO ARE THE YOATZOT Halacha?
Nishmat’s Yoatzot Halacha are Women Advisors in Jewish Law as it relates to intimate married life and women’s wellness. A voice of halachic authenticity informed by empathy and moderation, Yoatzot Halacha advise women on marriage and family, the bedrock of Jewish life. Yoatzot focus on women’s spiritual, emotional and physical well-being. Widely admired for their Torah scholarship and fidelity to Jewish law, Yoatzot Halacha respond to questions discreetly, with thoughtful solutions and recommendations.
More ways to consult a Yoetzet HALACHA
www.yoatzot.org
Visit Nishmat’s Women’s Health & Halacha website. Ask a Yoetzet makes it easy to send questions, anonymously, to a Yoetzet Halacha, who responds confidentially by email.
The Hotline
Nishmat's Golda Koschitzky Hotline is open six-days a week and answers calls from women all over the world.
Hotline hours & phone numbers.
Video Conference
Coming Soon!
Schedule a video consultation with a Yoetzet Halacha from the privacy and comfort of your own home.
Becoming
a Yoetzet Halacha.
Scholarship, Leadership & Faith.
Yoatzot Halacha Fellows are chosen for their Torah scholarship, leadership potential and yirat shamayim (profound faith). To become a Yoetzet, they complete a rigorous two-year certification program, spending over 1,000 hours immersed in a demanding halachic curriculum, coupled with studies in women’s health (obstetrics and gynecology, fertility, sexuality, genetics, women’s cancers, postpartum wellness, lactation, and psychology). Certified Yoatzot Halacha have passed a series of written exams and comprehensive oral examinations before a panel of prominent poskim (halachic authorities).
Nishmat is the only institution granting Yoatzot Halacha certification. Israeli Fellows study at Nishmat’s Keren Ariel Halachic Institute. Americans and Canadians enroll through Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center for U.S. Yoatzot Halacha.
Contact Yoetzet Halacha Atara Eis, Director of Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center.
NEW!
Online Gemara Study
with Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center
Nishmat’s Online Gemara Class brings together serious, committed Talmud students from across the United States and beyond. This weekly course creates a structure for two hours of weekly chavruta study in addition to two hours of shiur taught by Rabbi Kenneth Auman, Dean of Miriam Glaubach Center’s U.S. Yoatzot Halacha Fellows Program. Yoetzet Halacha Talia Furleiter supports students’ preparation for this dynamic, high level shiur. For more information, contact Yoetzet Halacha Atara Eis.
U.S. Yoatzot Halacha attend annual Professional Development Seminar with (front row) Miriam Glaubach Center Director & Yoetzet Halacha Atara Eis, Senior Lecturer Rabbi Gedalyah Berger, MGC Dean Rabbi Kenneth Auman, Nishmat’s Founder & Dean Rabbanit Chana Henkin, Nishmat Associate Dean & Yoetzet Halacha Noa Lau, AFN Executive Director Harriet Sherman Schimel.
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