Joel Roth
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Image:Joroth.jpg Joel Roth is a prominent rabbi in the Rabbinical Assembly, which is the rabbinical body of Conservative Judaism. He is a member and former chair of the assembly's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) which deals with questions of Jewish law and tradition, and serves as the Louis Finkelstein Professor of Talmud and Jewish Law at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) of America, in NYC, where he formerly served as dean of the Rabbinical School. He is also Rosh Yeshiva (head of school) of the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel
He is most well known for writing the responsum, accepted by JTS, that allowed women to become ordained as rabbis.
He is the author of "The Halakhic Process" and many responsa for the CJLS. These responsa have been published in a number of collections by the Rabbinical Assembly and the book service of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
See also: Conservative Judaism, Talmud