The Reform movement’s main seminary accepted a transsexual into its rabbinical program. The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati acknowledged this week that an Oakland, Calif., man who was formerly a woman will be entering the school this fall, opening the door to the first ordination of a rabbi who has changed genders.
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