Women who Would be Rabbis: A History of Women's Ordination, 1889-1985
- ISBN-10
- 080703648X
- ISBN-13
- 9780807036488
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 300
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Beacon Press (MA)
- Author
- Pamela Susan Nadell
Description
Presents a history of the debates surrounding women's battle to become rabbis and religious teachers
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- 1999-10-10
- 324 pages
- Paperback
- Beacon Press
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