I’m so happy and kvelling, and now can finally post about it, because the Jerusalem Post article on her is out today (though seemingly not online). My dear friend and teacher, Haviva Ner-David, has been granted smicha, ie traditional rabbinic ordination. A couple of other women have been ordained thusly (as Orthodox rabbis, technically speaking–though how one chooses to identify with the denomination or whatever is very individual), but Haviva’s the first to have been really public about it from the beginning, so this truly is a landmark moment.

My friends are rockstars. It makes me happy.

Now you all need to buy her book, Life on the Fringes, if you haven’t already. And if you have, buy one for somebody else.

ETA: The Jerusalem Post article is up now, here.