The Kohenet Institute

About The Kohenet Institute

According to Wikipedia, The Kohenet Institute, also known as the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute, is a Jewish neopagan organization which trains women to be Jewish spiritual leaders. The institute was founded in November 2005 by Rabbi Jill Hammer and Holly Taya Shere. The institute held its first training program August 14–20, 2006, at the Elat Chayyim Retreat Center in Accord, New York. In July 2009, the institute ordained for the first time 11 women as kohanot . As of early 2021 the institute has graduated almost 100 women as priestesses. Ordination requires the completion of a three-year training and program including 13 paths which explore different "female archetypes".