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The role of women in the rabbinate has been hotly debated within the Jewish community. The first female rabbi ever to be ordained was Regina Jonas of East Berlin. On December 25, 1935, Rabbi Dr. Max Dienemann, head of the Liberal Rabbis Association of Offenbach, ordained Jonas to serve as a rabbi in Jewish communities in Germany.
Nov 3, 2015 · Yet today, the reverse is true. In the 11th century, Rabbenu Gershom decreed that no divorce (get) can be given against a wife’s free will. In the 20th century, the Chofetz Chaim insisted that...
Jun 7, 2022 · Rabbi Priesand’s earnest wish to be a rabbi intersected with the right moment in history, supportive parents and amazing perseverance. Her ordination — and that of each of the 856 women who ...
- Mary Zamore
There is a common notion that you have to “dress for success” or “dress the part.” A surgeon wears scrubs, a football player wears a helmet and pads, and a Jewish woman wears clothing fit for a princess. It might sound funny, but Jewish women are considered daughters of G‑d. If G‑d is the “King” of the world, then we are ...
Women Rabbis: A History of the Struggle for Ordination. While the Reform movement was theoretically in favor of women’s ordination as far back as 1922, it was not until 50 years later that the first women was ordained as a rabbi in North America. Reform Rabbis Debate Women’s Ordination. In 1922, the Central Conference of American Rabbis ...
May 31, 2022 · Next month it will be 50 years since Sally Priesand was ordained as the nation's first female rabbi. Today, about 1,000 women rabbis have changed the course of American Judaism.
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Jun 23, 2021 · In 1972, Sally Priesand became the first woman ordained a rabbi, teacher, and preacher in America. Since then hundreds of women have become rabbis in the Reform, Reconstructionist, and Conservative branches of American Judaism. In recent years, women, using a variety of titles, including rabbi, have also entered the Orthodox rabbinate.
