A partnership minyan is a prayer group that is both committed to maintaining halakhic standards and practices and also committed to including women in ritual leadership roles to the fullest extent possible within the boundaries of Jewish Law. This means that the minyan is made up of 10 men, men and women are separated by a mechitzah, and the traditional liturgy is used. However, women may fully participate in kriyat ha'Torah, including layning and receiving aliyot, and may lead parts of the prayer service such as psukei d'zimrah and kabbalat Shabbat, which do not contain d'varim she b'kedusha.
Each partnership minyan has its own practices, but a resource detailing the customs of some existing partnership minyanim and their halachic sources are available in English or Hebrew. This guide can be used by anyone considering beginning such a minyan in their community.
Click here for more information about partnership minyanim.
Below is a list of partnership minyanim organized by country and state. The practices of the minyanim listed vary from one to the next. JOFA does not endorse the practices of any particular minyan.
All minyanim on this list have given permission for their information to appear. Please read the notes associated with that minyan before attending.
If you know of a minyan that is not on this list, but would like to be included, please have them send their information to website@jofa.org.
UNITED STATES
CALIFORNIA
10 and 10 Minyan
Los Angeles, CA (Pico Robertson)
10and10-minyan@yahoogroups.com
CONNECTICUT
Minyan Urim
New Haven, CT
info@minyanurim.org
ILLINOIS
The Minyan of Evanston
Evanston, IL (near Chicago)
jonawolf@aol.com
Kol Sasson
Skokie, IL
MASSACHUSETTS
Minyan Tehillah
Cambridge, MA
minyantehillah@gmail.com
NEW YORK
Kol Echad
New Rochelle, NY
trachtma@lij.edu
Darkhei Noam
New York, NY (Upper West Side)
info@dnoam.org
Yavneh - The Jewish Living Project
New York, NY (Upper East Side)
jabel1000@aol.com
917-533-8012
MigdalOr
New York, NY (Washington Heights)
MigdalOr.Minyan@gmail.com
Minyan Shachar
Riverdale, NY
sally46@gmail.com
mirschac@aol.com
Tehillah Forest Hills
Queens, NY
TehillahFH@gmail.com
Shira Chadasha
White Plains, NY
shirachadashawp@gmail.com
WASHINGTON D.C.
Rosh Pina
Washington, DC
roshpinadc@gmail.com
AUSTRALIA
Shira Hadasha Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia (Caulfield)
song@shira.org.au
CANADA
Toronto Partnership Minyan
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
torontopartnershipminyan@gmail.com
ISRAEL
Kehilat Shira Hadasha
Jerusalem, Israel (German Colony)
Darchei Noam
Modiin, Israeli
darchei.noam@gmail.com
