Sally Opened Doors: The Story of the First Woman Rabbi - Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg
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It was the 1970's. and doors were opening for women all across America. They could be doctors, lawyers, even pilots. But two thousand years of tradition said they couldn't be rabbis.  Until Sally. Sally Priesand wanted not just to learn Torah, but to teach it; not just to listen to a sermon, but give one; not just sit in the congregation, but lead it. In rabbinical school, people whispered, "She is only here to find a husband." "She will never finish." "No congregation will hire her." But Sally didn't listen. She finished her studies and became the first women rabbi in America. She opened the…mehr

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It was the 1970's. and doors were opening for women all across America. They could be doctors, lawyers, even pilots. But two thousand years of tradition said they couldn't be rabbis.  Until Sally. Sally Priesand wanted not just to learn Torah, but to teach it; not just to listen to a sermon, but give one; not just sit in the congregation, but lead it. In rabbinical school, people whispered, "She is only here to find a husband." "She will never finish." "No congregation will hire her." But Sally didn't listen. She finished her studies and became the first women rabbi in America. She opened the door for the many women who followed, and her story inspires us all to reach for our dreams.
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Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso is the author of the National Jewish Book Award finalist Regina Persisted: An Untold Story, as well as Judy Led the Way, God's Paintbrush, and many other books for children. She is rabbi emerita at Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis, director of religion, spirituality, and the arts at the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute; and co-founder of Women4Change Indiana. She lives in Indianapolis