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(JTA) The future of Talmud study for women at Yeshiva University remains uncertain after a dean told the student newspaper that the school would not replace a beloved teacher and
More than 1,400 people have signed a petition calling on the university to preserve Talmud courses at Stern College for Women.
1,400-plus signatories urged Stern College to offer Gemara lessons even with low enrollment, suggested endowed position to honor late rabbi who taught core Jewish text for decades
After a student-led petition collected more than 1,400 signatures, the administration at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women has added Talmud classes back to the course schedule.
A petition asked the Modern Orthodox university not to curtail lessons for women in one of Judaism’s most fundamental texts.