Should Women Be Ordained as Rabbis?

Should women be ordained as rabbis? Many learned men and women have been weighing in on this question, especially within Messianic Judaism, over the last several decades. Some of the most in-depth treatments of this issue from both the egalitarian and complementarian perspectives have been offered in the last few years. This article aspires to take a close look at Rabbi Joshua Brumbach’s article “Called to Lead: The Role of Women in Messianic Judaism,” representing an egalitarian view, namely women being afforded spiritual leadership at every level including that of rabbi.1 To address