Being Different
It takes courage and vision to become the first of your kind, to carve out a place for yourself when there is no model to follow. Here, rabbis share what it means to challenge the norm, offering the wisdom that comes from being on the fringes.
I Had to Resign
The Radical Shift of Public Ordination
The Rabbinical School Wasn’t Prepared for Outsiders
The First Class of Women Rabbis Faced Challenges
How I Feel and How People See Me
We Are the Real Rabbis
Conversion: Finding the Jewish Soul
I Wanted to Get Rid of My Jewishness
Acknowledging the Void
I Stopped Denying Being the First
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Jewish Women's Archive. "Being Different." (Viewed on June 7, 2023) <https://jwa.org/rabbis/themes/being-different>.
