Livingston/West Orange Yoetzet
About us
The Livingston and West Orange Yoetzet Halacha Program is an ongoing partnership between four local shuls and two community mikvaot: Mikvah Chana, The West Orange Mikvah, Congregation AABJ&D, Congregation Etz Chaim, Congregation Ohr Torah and the Synagogue of the Suburban Torah Center. We are among the first communities in the U.S. to employ a Yoetzet and this partnership has made a meaninful difference to the women and men in our respective communities. Women of all generations attend our quarterly shiurim to hear inspiring words of Torah and participate in in-depth learning on relevant topics. In short, the program has increased awareness of Taharat Mishpacha within our communities, and it has strenghtened the bond between families and between women and religious observance.
our Yoetzet - Nechama Price
Nechama Price is a Senior Lecturer of Bible and Judaic Studies at Stern College for Women. She is the Director of Yeshiva University’s Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies (GPATS). In addition, she is certified as Yoetzet Halacha in the inaugural class of Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center’s U.S. Yoatzot Halacha Fellows Program, and works as a Yoetzet in a number of communities in New Jersey. A graduate of Stern College, GPATS, Azrieli and Revel Graduate Schools, she lectures widely across America. She recently authored a book about the twelve Shevatim titled: Tribal Blueprints.
