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The ordination of the first female rabbi 50 years ago has brought many changes – and some challenges

  • Written by Carole B. Balin, Professor Emerita of Jewish History, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
imageSara Hurwitz, Amy Eilberg, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and Sally J. Priesand, each of whom was the first female rabbi in her branch of Judaism.Courtesy of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

Fifty years ago, on June 3, 1972, as Sally J. Priesand became the first woman ordained a rabbi by a Jewish seminary, her 35 male classmates...

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