[Avodah] Judge Willner

[Saul Guberman via Avodah]

On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Ben Waxman wrote:
> Does Judge Yael Willner's (an Orthodox woman who is a scion of rabbinic
> families. ...
> any way pose a question to those who oppose women rabbis because of
> serarah? Her powers as a SC judge are, IMO, about 1000 times greater than
> any dayan or even the Rav HaRashi; forget a shul rav.

There was a chasidic women appointed to a Judgeship in NY.  That was before
the OU ruling came out.  I guess they do not consider secular court
serarah.  They are different systems.  I guess the secular can be ignored.