Almost two years after the decision to use morateinu as Thomas-Newborn's title, in December 2016, the B'nai David Judea board came to consensus to change her title to rabbanit. Reasons for the change included morateinu being grammatically awkward and rabbanit having more prestige. Also, Thomas-Newborn preferred the title, especially because Yeshivat Maharat supports it. She said, "Yeshivat Maharat is an institution that gives s'micha, but does not give titles. They fully support a variety of titles, rabbanit being one of them, so we were in consultation with them and I am extraordinarily grateful to Yeshivat Maharat’s involvement."
