Riverdale, NY
Riverdale Yoetzet Initiative
About us
The Riverdale Yoetzet Initiative is a collaboration between three shuls; The Riverdale Jewish Center, The Young Israel of North Riverdale and The Riverdale Minyan. The Riverdale community prides itself on being the first community in the United States to employ a Yoetzet. The Riverdale community feels strongly about the critical role that a Yoetzet Halacha has within a halachically observant community. She not only increases the community’s knowledge about Taharat Hamishpacha but also ensures that people have the ability to inquire about their halachic observance and practices in an intelligent and thoughtful manner.
our Yoetzet - Rivka Alter
Rivka Alter has taught Tanach and Halacha for over twenty years, both in and out of the NY area. Presently, she is a member of the Judaic studies faculty at Yeshiva University High School for Girls (Central) and a doctoral candidate in the area of Jewish education. She studied in Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center’s U.S. Yoatzot Halacha Fellows Program. Rivka frequently teaches women and teens in Bergenfield, NJ, where she resides. She regularly teaches kallah classes and serves as a Yoetzet Halacha for the Riverdale, NY Jewish community. Rivka, and her husband Daniel, are the proud parents of seven children ranging in age from 7 to 22.
