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TINTON FALLS, N.J. -- Sally J. Priesand, the first U.S. woman rabbi, arrived at Jewish seminary nearly 40 years ago determined to fulfill her dream to become a teacher of her faith. Many people thought she came for a different reason.
"I think at first they thought I came to marry a rabbi rather than be one," Rabbi Priesand said, chuckling as she sat in her synagogue office, a space decorated with awards she's received since her 1972 ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. "So they didn't take me all that seriously."See the full content of this document
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First Female U.S. Rabbi to Retire
Now as she prepares to retire more than three decades later, Rabbi Priesand (pronounced PREE-sand) is widely seen as a role model who's helped change contemporary Judaism. Since she was ordained in the Reform movement, nearly 1,000 ...
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