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Judaism: Religion, Gender and Sexuality

The Ordination of Women as Rabbis

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Overview

Recall questions on Regina Jonas and why her ordination went unrecognised, and on the first women ordained by seminaries and by the Reconstructionist movement.

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Who was the first woman ordained as a rabbi in the modern era, and when did this occur?

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In what year did the Reconstructionist movement ordain its first female rabbi, and who was she?

Key term

Besides serarah, what other halakhic concern does Orthodox Judaism raise against women becoming rabbis?

Process

What became of Regina Jonas, and who were the first women ordained by seminaries?

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  1. 1

    Who was the first woman ordained as a rabbi in the modern era, and when did this occur?

    Model answer

    Regina Jonas, ordained privately in Germany in 1935.

  2. 2

    What happened to Regina Jonas, and why was her ordination not widely recognised?

    Model answer

    She was murdered in the Holocaust, and her private ordination was not widely recognised at the time.

  3. 3

    Who was the first woman ordained as a rabbi by a rabbinical seminary, and which institution ordained her?

    Model answer

    Sally Priesand, ordained by Hebrew Union College (Reform) in 1972.

  4. 4

    In what year did the Reconstructionist movement ordain its first female rabbi, and who was she?

    Model answer

    1974; Sandy Eisenberg Sasso.

  5. 5

    Who was the first female rabbi ordained in the Conservative movement?

    Model answer

    Amy Eilberg, ordained in 1985.

  6. 6

    What decision did the Jewish Theological Seminary make in 1983 regarding women?

    Model answer

    It voted to admit women to the rabbinical programme, leading to the first Conservative female ordination in 1985.

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