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2 days ago · When she was ordained in 2009, Stanton received international attention as the first female African American rabbi and was hailed for exemplifying the changing face of American Jewry.
4 days ago · At the end of the 20th century Jewish women had indeed redefined the ways they lived their Judaism: innovative religious ceremonies welcoming the birth of daughters proliferated, girls came to mark their bat mitzvah, and Jewish women turned out for feminist seders and became rabbis.
4 days ago · Rabbi Jill Hausman of the Actors’ Temple in New York appears on ‘Saturday Night Live’ on May 18. (Screenshot via YouTube via JTA.org) Jackie Hajdenberg. For Rabbi Jill Hausman, spiritual leader of the Actors’ Temple in Manhattan’s Theater District, working with celebrities comes with the job description.
3 days ago · Rabbi Chaya Rowen Baker reflects upon the ways in which being a woman rabbi opens doors and the importance of recognizing one’s religious and cultural predecessors.
3 days ago · According to the Book of Judges, Deborah ( Hebrew: דְּבוֹרָה, Dəḇōrā) was a prophetess of Judaism, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel and the only female judge mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Many scholars contend that the phrase, "a woman of Lappidoth", as translated from biblical Hebrew in Judges 4:4 denotes her marital ...
2 days ago · v. t. e. Jewish history is the history of the Jews, their nation, religion, and culture, as it developed and interacted with other peoples, religions, and cultures. Jews originated from the Israelites and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah, two related kingdoms that emerged in the Levant during the Iron Age.
5 days ago · Osnat and her dove : the true story of the world's first female rabbi Osnat was born five hundred years ago - at a time when almost everyone believed in miracles. But very few believed that girls should learn to read.
