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The Challenges of Being Accepted as a Young Woman Rabbi

Rabbi Deborah Kahn-Harris discusses both the structural and cultural challenges that women rabbis faced in the 1990s.

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How to cite this page

Jewish Women's Archive. "The Challenges of Being Accepted as a Young Woman Rabbi." (Viewed on November 23, 2025) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/deborah-kahn-harris-challenges-being-accepted-young-woman-rabbi>.