Prdarnect_ 1 rOc ;By JAI Dr. Max ijielemana of Offen- -back however-,,,did ordain' her, and: sbe prakticeM. 1940, *'hinnes ter the- aged. The Gans then dispatched - her to the Theresienstadt con- centration camp where she either died of natural causes or was sent to_the -gas 'chambers. Will Rabbi Sally' get' a- job, and will she be - successful? There is not the Slightest -doUbt that there will- be no trouble in placing her, She is competent and unpreten- tious, a good speaker and a fine human being. The congregation will admire and respect her; the children will love her. ' It is sad to think that American Jewry has had to wait so king for a woman to be ordained a rabbi. The American republic began with a political, if not a social, revolu- tion. The impact of that revolution throughout the world was tremen- ous. The generation of 1776 knew that it was ushering in a new world. Some 75 years later there was a religious "breakthrough": the Protestants ordained a woman. Now, 122 years later, the Reform Jews are about to see Sally Pries- and ordained a rabbi. - Galileo was right: the earth does move — but sometimes it moves very very slowly. - • ciii-June-3.„the first woman rabbi will be ordained--;ht:a theolniical school; on _the 'iCin-pialati_.:eampus or —the Jewish Institute:-of Onithaf now serving- an-htndent,iatibi at the Isaac -EL-:WiSe;4*mole:Iii CW- Cinriati. - will be-Ordained by-2Fieii, dent AlWe&Gottschaik, Is "Rabbi Sallr-the first woman SALLYAPRKESAND ever to: studY-Ior. the: rabbinate? When • :graduated, - will 'she • be , the first ordained Woman -rabbi in the ,told me. quite solemnly that they United- States? In= the world? As had already picked..the- husband's every -historiailinows, -- it is dan- • Ile: the "'rabbit." I thought- be gerous tn:poitidate ..".!firsts.” There was pulling my leg, :but he assured is no "first"-JeW•anywhere;,Hiere Me that he was not: "Rabbit," he has, alwaYs tieenislie Aoki not what you think true of Rabbi ,Sally? Jt:-.1s,' Doe*: .lt The Isaac .14. Winn Temple Is iliminutive -of. rabhi.'"' named after:the-L9th:Century rabbi 'WM Sally set a - precedent for who created the _basic institutions - other women? She- -already, of American 'Liberal JUdabim.• The New York school -of has. the -Wine died over 70 Yearn College-Institute has- two female Werabe to return to Cincinnati-On candidates for: the rabbinate and June would he be shocked?: Not two- for: theTanterate- • - in leinit; -- for When be first This • is a radical innovation for opened his college in TOet.-, 1875, Jews — though not for Christians. and welcomed its 16 freshmen, one of them was a girl, age 11, in the The first female Protestant clergy- seventh _ grade of public -school man finished her theological She should have been playing with studies at Oberlin in 1850, but she jacks instead of juggling _Hebrew was not licensed - by a congrega- tional church till 1853. Her name verbs. . was Antoinette Louisa , Brown- There has never been I decade Blackwell. Four years earlier, her at this School in which there has sister-in-law to be, Elizabeth Black- not been at least one woman -had 'become the first Ameri- - student. Some of them" -stayed on can -woman to graduate from a king enough to earn a -bachelor medical school and -to receive the of Hebrew lettere degree,' but degree of doctor of medicine. they never went farther. Often a We still have to answer the ques- girl - student ended up feeling sorry enough for a boy student tion: Will Sally_ be the -first female ordained rabbi in Ame rica? In the to put him out of' his misery by world? In America; yes; in the marrying him. - world, no: Regina Jonas finished Sally is different. She means her theological studies- at the Ber- business—rabbinical business. She lin Academy for the Science of is determined to -be a rabbi, and Judaisni in the- middle.1930s.• Her by the -grace of God and the thesis subject was: "Can a Woman - faculty she will be ordained. Become- a ROW?" Of . course she Her feile-w =studenti: at the col; set out to prove 'the 'affirmative. lege are not, so much concerned The faculty accepted-. her dis- about her impending ordination as sertation, - but the professor of they are abmit the title by which a Talmud, • the licensing authority, future husband would be known. refused to ordain her. The Rev. But surely, a name will be found! The parsonage in Galveston is called the rabbinage. The wife of a rabbi - is -a rebbitiiii, a "rabbi- -ness," but the husband of a woman rabbi' When I asked one. of .the students whether they had thought of a solution to this problem, he • -1 - , Janice Onickel to Marry Mr. Fixler in October - . - - Mr. and. Mrs. JaCk Greenbaum' of Patton Ave. announce the en- gagement of -.their daughter Ters'y Galeqo Paul David Levine, son of Mr. and Mrs. - Irving Levine of Still. Valley Dr., Farmington. Mr. LeVine, 'after serving three years in the Navy, is attending Michigan State University A June wedding is planned. • Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Z. Ensor of S. Harvey St., Plymouth, an- nounce the engagement of their daughter Robbin Ann to Jeffrey Harrison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben „Harrison, of Shevington Dr., South- field. A June wedding is planned. * 0 * Beth El Women to Hear First Lady Rabbi Monday Temple Beth 12 Sisterhood will hold an election meeting 11:30 a.m. Monday in the temple. Rabbi Sally Priesand will speak on "A Woman Rabbi, Her Prob- lems, Principles and Preroga- tives." The public is invited at no charge. Petite luncheon will be served. For reservations and in- formation, call the temple office, TR 5-8530. DICK STEIN Presents THE DICK STEIN ORCHESTRA AND THE JEEP SMITH ORCHESTRA THE MODDI McCAUSTER ORO!. t..«Ti Tms, .11.0p THE ORIN ROSS ORCHESTRA U 7-2770 Why Pay More? NOW ALL BRANDS at MAJOR DISCOUNTS Special For March 20% ABOVE . 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