On Female Judges

In the Sept. 26th issue of The Jerusalem Report you can find Susan Weiss' thoughts on why it is crucial that there be female rabbinic court judges in Israel:

A judiciary that precludes women from the bench cannot be fair, impartial or empathetic to the pain of women who appeal to courts for justice.

Susan Weiss is the founding director of Yad L'Isha, an organization which has been working to free agunot through the help of toanot beit din (female rabbinic court advocates), and has also founded The Center for Women's Justice.