The Sacred Calling: Courage to...

Sep 1, 2016 by

The Sacred Calling: Courage to Dare and to Dream

“[The Sacred Calling] is going to be an important document forever” The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the Rabbinate, newly...

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A Mirror, a Prism, and a Teles...

Aug 31, 2016 by

A Mirror, a Prism, and a Telescope: Reimagining Role Models

No one ever told me that I couldn’t be a rabbi because of my gender. That was one of the gifts of growing up in a Reform synagogue in...

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A Commitment to the Survival, ...

Jul 28, 2016 by

A Commitment to the Survival, Resilience, and Creativity of the Jewish People

“This book is a sacred calling to be committed to the survival and resilience and creativity of the Jewish people. That women are...

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A Sacred Calling as a Sacred R...

Jul 25, 2016 by

A Sacred Calling as a Sacred Role

“My Judaism encourages me to focus on a personal relationship with God, to know myself, and to know God; to use my skills and...

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The Sacred Calling: A Call to ...

Jul 18, 2016 by

The Sacred Calling: A Call to Action

“The Sacred Calling is not just an important historical narrative—it is a call to action.” The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women...

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Definitions of Feminism

Jun 16, 2016 by

Definitions of Feminism

By all accounts, I was the least likely person to edit a book about women rabbis. Until recently, I recoiled at the very thought of...

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Complete Equality Comes to the...

May 31, 2016 by

Complete Equality Comes to the Reform Ordination

I recently had the pleasure of sitting with a group of women days before their ordination as Reform rabbis. On that magical cusp...

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The Message of the Sacred Call...

May 4, 2016 by

The Message of the Sacred Calling: Our Journey to True Equality

I grew up in a time and place where it was made perfectly clear that boys and girls were equal; that anything a boy could do, a girl...

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