Rabbi Sally Priesand: ‘I Just Wanted to Be a Rabbi’
Rabbi Sally Priesand, North America’s first female rabbi, spoke to the Canadian Jewish News about pursuing her dream and how Jewish feminism has evolved.
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The Odd Couple: Reform Judaism and Zionism
Making sweeping historical generalizations is easy. Lots of people make them, even the best of historians.
Broad statements can be a “necessary evil” when one is faced with limited time or space to make an historical point. But generalities can easily mutate into over-simplifications that ultimately obscure – if not distort – historical narratives of particular moments or communities.