A partnership minyan is a prayer group that is both committed to maintaining halakhic standards and practices and also committed to including women in ritual leadership roles to the fullest extent possible within the boundaries of Jewish Law. This means that the minyan is made up of 10 men, men and women are separated by a mechitzah, and the traditional liturgy is used. However, women may fully participate in kriyat ha'Torah, including layning and receiving aliyot, and may lead parts of the prayer service such as psukei d'zimrah and kabbalat Shabbat, which do not contain d'varim she b'kedusha. Each partnership minyan has its own practices, but a resource detailing the customs of some existing partnership minyanim and their halachic sources are available in English or Hebrew. This guide can be used by anyone considering beginning such a minyan in their community.
Click here for more information about partnership minyanim.
Below is a list of partnership minyanim organized by country and state. The practices of the minyanim listed vary from one to the next. JOFA does not endorse the practices of any particular minyan.
All minyanim on this list have given permission for their information to appear. Please read the notes associated with that minyan before attending.
If you know of a minyan that is not on this list, but would like to be included, please have them send their information to website@jofa.org.
UNITED STATES
CALIFORNIA
NAME: 10 and 10 Minyan
LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA (Pico Robertson)
WEBSITE: n/a
EMAIL: 10and10-minyan@yahoogroups.com
CONNECTICUT:
NAME: Minyan Urim
LOCATION: New Haven, CT
WEBSITE: http://www.minyanurim.com
EMAIL: minyanurim@hotmail.com
ILLINOIS:
NAME: The Minyan of Evanston
LOCATION: Evanston, IL (near Chicago)
WEBSITE: n/a
EMAIL: jonawolf@aol.com
NAME; Kol Sasson
LOCATION: Skokie, IL
WEBSITE: http://www.kolsasson.org
EMAIL: ruchelaya@yahoo.com
MASSACHUSETTS:
NAME: Minyan Tehillah
LOCATION: Cambridge, MA
WEBSITE: http://www.minyantehillah.org/
EMAIL: minyantehillah@gmail.com
NEW JERSEY:
NAME: Or Chadash
LOCATION: Highland Park/Edison, NJ
WEBSITE:www.or-chadash.org
EMAIL:info@or-chadash.org
NAME: Shira Chadasha
LOCATION: Teaneck, NJ
WEBSITE: n/a
EMAIL: shira365@optonline.net
NEW YORK:
NAME: Kol Echad
LOCATION: New Rochelle, NY
WEBSITE: n/a
EMAIL: trachtma@lij.edu
NAME: Darkhei Noam
LOCATION: New York, NY (Upper West Side)
WEBSITE: www.dnoam.org
EMAIL: info@dnoam.org
NAME: Yavneh - The Jewish Living Project
LOCATION: New York, NY (Upper East Side)
WEBSITE: n/a
EMAIL: ravkalb@hotmail.com
PHONE: 646-812-2783
NAME: MigdalOr
LOCATION: New York, NY (Washington Heights)
WEBSITE: n/a
EMAIL: MigdalOr.Minyan@gmail.com
NAME: Forest Hills Minyan
LOCATION: Queens, NY
WEBSITE: n/a
EMAIL: flo220@aol.com
NAME: Minyan Shachar
LOCATION: Riverdale, NY
WEBSITE: n/a
EMAIL: sally46@gmail.com
mirschac@aol.com
NAME: Tehillah Forest Hills
LOCATION: Queens, NY
WEBSITE:n/a
EMAIL: TehillahFH@gmail.com
WASHINGTON D.C.
NAME: Rosh Pina
LOCATION: Washington, DC
WEBSITE: n/a
EMAIL: roshpinadc@gmail.com AUSTRALIA
NAME: Shira Hadasha Melbourne
LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia (Caulfield)
WEBSITE: www.shira.org.au/
EMAIL: song@shira.org.au
CANADA
NAME: Kehilat Or Hadash
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
WEBSITE: www.kehilatorhadash.org/
EMAIL: info@kehilatorhadash.org
ISRAEL
NAME: Kehilat Shira Hadasha
LOCATION: Jerusalem, Israel (German Colony)
WEBSITE: www.geocities.com/shira_hadasha/
EMAIL: There is no central email address; a number of addresses are available on the website for various purposes.
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