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| Rabbi Regina Jones, circa 1030 Centra Judaica Archive |
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/8/5/remembering-rabbireginajonas.htmlBERLIN — Rabbi Sally Priesand, seated at a table onstage, leaned into the microphone to tell the audience her story. Four decades since she became the first woman to break the rabbinic barrier in the United States, Priesand, 68, reflected on her legacy with pride but also with a sense of urgency to tell the remarkable story of another pioneer, Regina Jonas. The first woman ever to be ordained as a rabbi, Jonas was killed in Auschwitz in October 1944. Her daring accomplishment is still very much a footnote to history.
“How many other stories are there?” Preisand asked the crowd of about 200 attendees gathered in Berlin’s famous Neue Synagogue for a forum, Journeys From the Margins to the Mainstream, sponsored by the Jewish Women’s Archive (JWA) in Boston and the American Jewish Archives (AJA) in Cincinnati. Preisand, who was ordained by the Reform movement in 1972, continued, “When I think about Regina Jonas, I think, ‘How many other women don’t we know about?’”
Stephanie Doty
Women’s Issues Matter
August 5, 2014
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