Didn’t Enter the Rabbinate to Change Judaism

As the first American woman rabbi, Sally Priesand quickly discovered that the model presented by male rabbis just wouldn’t work for her.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Didn’t Enter the Rabbinate to Change Judaism." (Viewed on February 12, 2025) <http://qa.jwa.org/media/didn-t-enter-rabbinate-to-change-judaism>.