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Elevate more female rabbis into leadership roles

On a recent trip to Berlin with a dozen other Conservative rabbis, we made certain to stop at the apartment building that Regina Jonas once called home. I had never heard of Jonas, but to the four female rabbis in our group she was a hero. In 1935, she became the first woman in the world to be ordained as a rabbi. My colleague, Rabbi Gesa Ederberg, hosted our group at her beautiful Berlin synagogue during our visit and doubled as a knowledgeable tour guide. We also had the opportunity to meet with rabbinical students at the Abraham Geiger College, where in 2010 Rabbi Alina Treiger became the first woman to be ordained in Germany since Jonas.

First black female rabbi to leave congregation

The first African-American female rabbi will leave her congregation this summer. Rabbi Alysa Stanton\’s contract with Congregation Bayt Shalom in Greenville, S.C., was not renewed, the Forward reported Thursday. \”We felt Rabbi Stanton has brought a lot of gifts to the congregation, but we felt she wasn’t a good fit for the direction we’re going,” board president Samantha Pilot told the Forward. “I can tell you with certainty that race — I never heard that come up once during her tenure or now. It’s a non-issue.\”\n

Student on track to become first black female rabbi

Alysa Stanton-Ogulnick isn\’t particularly interested in being a standard-bearer.

She\’s proud to be black, proud to be a woman and proud to be a 45-year-old single mother who raised her adopted child on her own.

Couscous for the Soul

Pauline Bebe, France\’s first and only female rabbi, was in town last week, soaking up not only the winter California warmth but our spiritual rays, too.

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