Carole B. Balin, , Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
• Published June 3, 2022
Fifty years ago, on June 3, 1972, as Sally J. Priesand became the first woman ordained a rabbi by a Jewish seminary, her 35 male classmates spontaneously rose to their feet to acknowledge her historic feat.
For nearly 2,000 years, the position of rabbi...
