Monday, February 18, 2008

1983 Time Magazine: JTS ordains women -- has the predictions come true?

Monday, Nov. 07, 1983 Toppling a Jewish Tradition A Conservative seminary votes to ordain women rabbis When Susannah Heschel was growing up as a rabbi's daughter in New York City, she once attended a Simhat Torah celebration, during which men traditionally dance for joy while holding scrolls of Scripture. She wanted to join the dance, which is forbidden to women, and under the disapproving

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