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said they now make less
than their male colleagues.
While being interviewed
for a job or negotiating a
contract, just over two-thirds
said they were asked ques-
tions related to being a
woman.
According to Ann Lewis,
chair of AJCongress' Com-
mission for Women's Equal-
ity, female rabbis have been
"told point blank (by syn-
agogue search committees)
that the congregation want-
ed someone who would be
`more devoted to their job' "
than a woman would be.
Pregnancy and
motherhood are the chief
issues around which women
in the rabbinate experience
discrimination.
"The whole tenor of their
job changes" when they are
pregnant, said Ms. Lewis.
"Every time they take ma-
ternity leave, they're ques-
tioned and feel they have to
justify any time they do
anything" out of the office.
"They're told they can't
get pregnant and be due
around the High Holy Days.
One rabbi was told (by her
board) that she had no right
to get pregnant under her
contract," she said.
Forty-nine percent of the
survey respondents said
they were asked about
pregnancy or having chil-
dren during a job interview
or contract negotiation.
When it comes to of-
ficiating at life-cycle
ceremonies, like weddings,
funerals, bar- and bat-
mitzvahs, britot milah and
baby- naming ceremonies,
being a female rabbi cuts
both ways.
Seventy percent of re-
spondents said they have
been asked not to officiate at
a life-cycle ceremony be-
cause of their gender.
At the same time, nearly
half said they are frequently
asked to officiate because of
their gender. Another 36
percent are occasionally or
sometimes invited to of-
ficiate at life-cycle
ceremonies because they are
women.
Most respondents, 73 per-
cent, said they are treated
differently than male rabbis
in non-discriminatory ways,
as well.
"People are more open to
counseling with female
rabbis, with talking about
things that they feel uncom-
fortable talking to male
rabbis," said Ms. Lewis.
Despite the harassment
and discrimination that
women in the rabbinate con-
tinue to face, they are
remarkably happy in their
work.

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