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Join us for an enlightening and inspiring hour-long conversation with Rabbi Sally Priesand, the first woman in the world ordained by a rabbinical seminary. Rabbi Priesand's journey to the pulpit was born before the feminist wave of the mid-1960s but was realized thanks to the movement's successes. Her career was marked by numerous challenges as she navigated a field dominated by male privilege. Despite these obstacles, Rabbi Priesand found a welcoming home and a pulpit at Monmouth (NJ) Reform Temple, where she served faithfully for a quarter of a century until her retirement. In this exclusive CSP online event, Rabbi Priesand will share her remarkable story, reflecting on her accomplishments, the hurdles she overcame, the significant impact she made in the world of rabbinical leadership and her vision of the future of Judaism in America. This is an incredible opportunity to learn from a true pioneer and gain insight into the history and future of women in religious leadership.
Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz, a spiritual leader and scholar specializing in topics of spirituality and Judaism, teaches, writes and speaks to a wide range of audiences. He served as the rabbi of Congregation B’nai Israel in Tustin, California, for over three decades and served as member of the Rabbinical Assembly Committee on Law and Standards for twenty years. Rabbi Spitz is author of Duets on Psalms: Drawing New Meaning from Ancient Words, co-authored with Rabbi Jack Riemer, Healing from Despair: Choosing Wholeness in a Broken World; Does the Soul Survive? A Jewish Journey to Belief in Afterlife, Past Lives & Living with Purpose and Increasing Wholeness: Jewish Wisdom and Guided Meditations to Strengthen and Calm Body, Heart, Mind and Spirit (all Jewish Lights) and many articles dealing with spirituality and Jewish law. Rabbi Spitz spent the past 17 months teaching the Psalms with half-hour presentations for each Psalm (recently completing all 150 Psalms!).