Vienna,
I understand from all the comments that the leaders are against it and it’s not traditional,
As skripka noted above, the ordination of women is not the only issue that led to the kol korei.
but does anyone think there’s anything inherently wrong with having a female Rav? If so, what? Why can’t a woman speak Torah from the bimah?
If the primary role of a rabbi was to speak Torah from the bimah, then assuming there was a way around any issues of tznius, perhaps there wouldn’t be any further serious problems with a woman being a rabbi. Orthodox women give lectures and shiurim all of the time. The thing is, that’s not the main purpose of a rabbi.
Perhaps the most important role of a rabbi is to serve as a dayan: a judge who sits as part of a beis din to rule on matters of halacha. According to halacha, a dayan must be male, so to appoint a woman as a rabbi doesn’t really make sense. So when Open Orthodoxy ordains women, they are doing either or both of the following: 1. Altering halacha to permit women to be judges, and/or 2. Altering what a rabbi is. From an Orthodox standpoint, where halacha is our lifeblood, and the arbiters of halacha are rabbis, such actions are regarded as highly dangerous.
Personally, this reminds me of Jackie Robinson and baseball. At first everyone said black people would ruin baseball, but then everyone just shrugged and accepted it.
I think the comparison of Orthodox Jewish viewpoints to racist ones is fallacious and offensive.