Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women's Ordination 1889-1985
- ISBN-10
- 0807036498
- ISBN-13
- 9780807036495
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 324
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-10-10
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Author
- Pamela Susan Nadell
Description
1998 National Jewish Book Award finalist Pamela S. Nadell mines a wealth of untapped sources to bring us the first complete story of the courageous and committed Jewish women who passionately defended their right to equal religious participation through rabbinical ordination.
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- 1998
- 300 pages
- Paperback
- Beacon Press (MA)
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