First Woman Heads Reform Conference
Rabbi Janet Marder has a surprising confession for someone who is making history as the first woman president of the Reform movement\’s 1,800-member Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR).
She\’s seriously shy.
\”I had years of stage fright before I had to stand up in a crowd,\” said Marder, senior rabbi at Reform Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills, near San Jose. \”I still get pretty nervous.\”