The REIMAGINE crew welcome Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter to the podcast for a robust discussion on gender roles, Orthodox Judaism in America and other related topics.

Rabbanit Hadas (Dasi) Fruchter is the founder and spiritual leader of the South Philadelphia Shtiebel, a new and inclusive Modern Orthodox community in South Philadelphia. Rabbanit Fruchter also holds the position of Halachic Advisor for Niddah and Women's Health at Beth Sholom Congregation. She has served as an Assistant Spiritual Leader at Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah in Potomac, MD, the largest Modern Orthodox Congregation in the Washington Metropolitan area. 

Rabbanit Fruchter was ordained by Maharat in June of 2016 upon completion of the Maharat Semikha Program combining a mastery of the texts of Orthodox Jewish law with pastoral education. She graduated summa cum laude from the Macaulay Honors College at Queens College, and completed an M.P.A. in Non-Profit Administration and an M.A. in Jewish Studies from New York University's Wagner School of Public Service.

PART 2

Yoella, Dan And Asher are joined by special guests Rabbi Daniel Levitt and Rabbi Micah Peltz.
The American Synagogue...past, present and future.
What are the benefits and challenges for American synagogue communities, Rabbis, Conservative, Orthodox...REIMAGINE.

Yoella, Dan And Asher are joined by special guests Rabbi Daniel Levitt and Rabbi Micah Peltz.
The American Synagogue...past, present and future.
What are the benefits and challenges for American synagogue communities, Rabbis, Conservative, Orthodox...REIMAGINE.

PART 1