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URL:https://www.wlcj.org/events/women-rabbis-as-change-agents/
SUMMARY:Women Rabbis as Change Agents
DESCRIPTION:Women Rabbis as Change Agents\nJoin us for a 3-part series that
  celebrates the 40-year anniversary of women in our RA hosted by the Rabbi
 nical Assembly\, Women's League For Conservative Judaism\, and the Jewish 
 Theological Seminary.&nbsp\;Speakers include JTS Chancellor Dr. Shuly Rubi
 n Schwartz\, representatives of women rabbis marking “firsts” of many 
 kinds\, and members of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards.\n\nWedne
 sday\, September 3\n7:00 - 8:30 pm ET / 4:00 - 5:30 pm PT\nShattering the 
 Glass Ceiling: Women and the Reimagining of American Judaism\nJTS Chancell
 or\, Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz\nRabbi Ayelet Cohen\,&nbsp\;Pearl Resnick De
 an of the Rabbinical School\, Dean of the Division of Religious Leadership
 \, The Jewish Theological Seminary\nHow did the twentieth-century movement
  for women’s equality in Judaism end up serving as a catalyst for a reim
 agined Judaism in our own times? Together we will explore the ways in whic
 h new opportunities for American Jewish women paved the way for broader\, 
 creative changes in Jewish ritual\, scholarship\, and inclusion.\n\nWednes
 day\, November 5\n7:00 - 8:30 pm ET / 4:00 - 5:30 pm PT\nHalutzot: Pioneer
 ing Women Rabbis\nRabbis Chaya Rowen Baker\,&nbsp\;Analia Bortz\, Sass Bro
 wn\, Nina Beth Cardin\, Nicole Guzik\, Nitzan Stein-Kokin\, and Ariella Ro
 sen &amp\; Becca Walker\nWLCJ Executive Director&nbsp\;Rabbi Ellen Wolintz
 -Fields\, Panel Host\nRabbi Noam Raucher\, FJMC Executive Director will of
 fer dvar Torah\; Julia Loeb\,&nbsp\;WLCJ International President&nbsp\;to 
 offer greetings\nCo-presented by the&nbsp\;Women's League for Conservative
  Judaism.\nWhat is HerStory? How has the rabbinate changed in 40 years? Ho
 w have these pioneers - firsts in so many ways - impacted Jewish life? How
  has the experience of being a “first” changed as we have learned to b
 e more welcoming and flexible? Who are the next pioneers of Conservative/M
 asorti Judaism and how will they impact our Jewish future?\n\nWednesday\, 
 December 3\n7:00 - 8:30 pm ET / 4:00 - 5:30 pm PT\nTradition and Impact: H
 ow Halakhah has Been Shaped by Women\nCommittee on Jewish Law and Standard
 s\nRabbis Aaron Alexander\, Pamela Barmash\, Susan Grossman\nRabbi Gesa Ed
 erberg\, Incoming RA President\, will offer Dvar Torah\nHow has the presen
 ce of women in the rabbinate reshaped our interpretation of halakhah over 
 the past forty years? We will explore this question through personal exper
 ience\, historical reflection\, and halakhic insight\, considering the evo
 lution of Jewish legal thought within and beyond the Conservative/Masorti 
 Movement.\nREGISTER
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