Sally Priesand
Sally Jane Priesand (born June 27, 1946 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is the first formally ordained female rabbi in the United States and, after Regina Jonas , who was privately ordained by Rabbi Max Dienemann in Offenbach in 1935 , the second female rabbi to be ordained worldwide. She was ordained on June 3, 1972 at the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion , Cincinnati .
After her ordination, Priesand first worked at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York as an assistant rabbi and then at the Beth El Temple in Elizabeth, New Jersey . From 1981 until her retirement in 2006, she was rabbi at the Monmouth Reform Temple in Tinton Falls, New Jersey .
Works
- Judaism and the New Woman. Behrman House, New York 1975. ISBN 0-87441-230-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pamela S. Nadell: Sally Jane Priesand. Jewish Women's Archive , accessed July 2, 2012 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Priesand, Sally |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Priesand, Sally Jane (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first female rabbi in the USA |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland , USA |