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women
Barriers broken, female rabbis look to broader influence
Jewish Journal
December 13, 2010
Lynne Kern knew at 13 that she wanted to be a rabbi, even though in 1970 there were no female rabbis to act as role models.
Spectator – My Husband, the Rabbi
Sandee Brawarsky
March 2, 2006
The first time the word \”rebbetzin\” appeared in The New York Times was in 1931, in a review of a book about Yiddish theater. The term stood untranslated; the reviewer and his editors assumed that readers would understand the meaning.
Two Women Rabbis Will Fill Pulpits
Andrea Adelson
July 1, 2004
Apart from the 175 member families she served at Anchorage\’s Congregation Beth Sholom, Rabbi Johanna Hershenson found little other Jewish life. As the only non-Orthodox rabbi in Alaska, she became a long-distance consultant to lay synagogue leaders in even more isolated areas, such as Homer and Fairbanks.
Help Wanted
Ellen Jaffe-Gill
March 22, 2001
If the New Economy has let you down and the Old Economy holds no charms, there may be a career opportunity for you in the Shul Economy.
Orthodox Women Rabbis
Alexandra Leichter
May 29, 1997
The time has come to educate women and give them the titular and legal authority to right that which has gone so terribly wrong in the Orthodox world
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