From the Editor – Issue 44

One of the liveliest ongoing discussions in the Messianic Jewish world concerns the ordination of women as rabbis. Kesher has helped advance this discussion, most recently in our last issue (Kesher 43) with Paul Saal’s article “No Longer Male or Female? A Case for Leadership Equality for Women in the Messianic Jewish Synagogue.” In this issue, we continue with two papers originally presented (in slightly different forms) at a forum hosted last summer by the Theology Committee of the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations. Joshua Brumbach leads off with “Called to Lead: Women as Spi