Rabbi Sandra Lawson is one of the world's first openly queer Black female rabbis. Having faced discrimination in her profession, Rabbi Lawson is helping pave the way for Jewish people of color.

Over 80 rabbis who associate with left-leaning Orthodox Judaism signed a letter on Gaza urging Israel to prevent mass hunger ...

Nevada’s first female Rabbi shares her experiences as she leads Congregation Ner Tamid. Rabbi Sanford Akselrad is retiring, after nearly 4 decades of service to Congregation Ner Tamid and ...

Rabbi Sandy Sasso was ordained in 1974, cementing her as the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi in Reconstructionist Judaism and the second female rabbi to be ordained in the United States ...

The commandment of tzitzit applies only during the day, so women are exempt from it Women are also exempt from the ...

Its impact can still be felt more than 25 years later. Take, for example, Temple Beth Am’s Rabbi Rebecca Schatz. She grew up at Sinai Temple when there were no female rabbis there.

After graduation, she was asked to become the rabbi in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, and started in August 1998, one of only three Reform rabbis in the former Soviet Union, and the only woman rabbi.

The rabbi explained that because Myers was a woman, board members were worried she wouldn’t be strong enough with problematic lay leadership. She fired back: “I told him, ‘What a shame ...

Rabbis Urge Single, Orthodox Women to Freeze Eggs at 38 (ABC News) By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES September 7, 2012 at 7:29 PM UTC ...

Letter signed by rabbis worldwide and across denominations warns of 'grave moral crisis,' calls on government to work urgently 'to bring home all the hostages and end the fighting' ...