teach Torah. She has the authority to answer questions of Jewish Law. In some communities, a spiritual leadership position other than rabbi is held by a woman. Dina Najman is ראש קהילה Rosh Kehila (Hebrew: Head of Community) of Kehilat Orach Eliezer (KOE) on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Sharona Margolin Halickman is a Madricha Ruchanit or Spiritual Mentor of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. Maharat Rachel Kohl Finegold is the Director of Education & Spiritual Enrichment at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal and is involved with JOFA. Lynn Kaye is the equivalent of an associate rabbi at Shearith Israel in Manhattan. Maharat Ruth Balinsky Friedman is the maharat at The National Synagogue in Washington DC. Rori Picker Neiss serves as the Director of Programming, Education and Community Engagement at Bais Abraham Congregation in St. Louis, MO. In 2015 Jennie Rosenfeld became the first female Orthodox spiritual advisor in Israel (specifically, she became the spiritual advisor, also called , for the community of Efrat.) And same year Miriam Gonczarska of Poland, has received maharat smicha as first European. Australia's Shira Hadasha invited Maharat Melanie Landau to be its spiritual head; however, she declined the role. The community remains lay-led and service leadership and leyning are performed by congregants such as Mandi Katz and Alex Fein. See also Partnership minyan Women rabbis Bibliography Hartman, Tova, Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism: Resistance and Accommodation. Brandeis, Lebanon, New Hampshire, 2008 Notes and references External links JOFA - The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Women of the Wall - Jewish Virtual Library My Jewish Learning:Orthodox Feminism For The 21st Century KOE - Kehilat Orach Eliezer The Bayit The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. Jewish feminism Orthodox Judaism