Yoetzet Halacha

Ellin Cooper is the Yoetzet Halacha for Manhattan Yoetzet Initiative, consisting of 13 synagogues and institutions, including West Side Institutional Synagogue . She counsels women in the area of women’s health and halacha as the Yoetzet Halacha of Manhattan and as a kallah teacher. She holds a B.A. in Physics from Barnard College and is a graduate of GPATS at Yeshiva University. Ellin’s rigorous training in Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center’s U.S. Yoatzot Halacha Fellows Program focused on Taharat Mishpacha, in addition to biology, sexuality and psychology. Ellin, loves living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where she was raised, with her husband Jeremy, and her two children, Ariel and Lielle. She looks forward to getting to know even more members of the broader Manhattan community.

Ellin Cooper 
Yoetzet Halacha, Manhattan
(646) 598-1080
nycyoetzet@gmail.com