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=== Modern times ===
Today, Orthodox and many Conservative rabbis maintain the position that only a man can act as a kohen, and that a daughter of a kohen is recognized as a ''bat kohen'' only in those very limited ways that have been identified in the past.
Other Conservative rabbis, along with some [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] and [[Reconstructionist Judaism|Reconstructionist]] rabbis, are prepared to give equal kohen status to the daughter of a kohen.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
Some women's prayer groups that practice under the halakhic guidance of non-Orthodox rabbis, and which conduct Torah readings for women only, have adapted a custom of calling a ''bat kohen'' for the first ''aliyah'' and a ''[[Levite#Bat Levi|bat levi]]'' for the second.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hir.org/women.html |title=Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, Women's Tefillah |publisher=Hir.org |access-date=2013-02-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831114327/http://www.hir.org/women.html |archive-date=2012-08-31 }}</ref>
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