Reply To: Why Can't Women Get Modern Smicha and Become Rabbis?

Modex,

It has presented itself. There are a few famous ones and presumably a few more that have just faded into obscurity. Devorah HaNavia is the most famous (obviously).

What hasn’t happened is the conferring of the title “Rabbi.”

I suspect that in Europe, the title Rabbi did likely amount to Serarah because there were independent religious communities and Rabbis often genuine powers as agents of government. But the modern Rabbi is at most a posek and most often a teacher and counselor. Neither of which amount to Serarah.