women cantors

Conservative movement is closing its gender gap, but there is still work to be done

The movement decided over 70 years ago that it would treat women in a new way, write the heads of its rabbis and cantors assemblies.

By Debra Newman Kamin and Alisa Pomerantz-Boro July 6, 2018 1:49 pm

2007

New Female Cantor in Germany Came to Renewal After Journey

At her cantorial ordination, Jalda Rebling suddenly bent down and removed her shoes and proceeded through the ceremony barefoot. “I was flying on the wings of the shechina,” Rebling said of her experience at the ceremony earlier this month. The words of ordination were spoken, and with them “a lot of energy went not only […]

2004

Around the Jewish World Brazil’s First Female Rabbi Takes Praise — and Surprise — in Stride

When Sandra Kochmann took the post of assistant rabbi at Rio de Janeiro’s largest synagogue, becoming the first female rabbi in Brazil, many Brazilian Jews dismissed her derisively as a “Paraguayan.” In Brazil, “Paraguayan” is commonly used to mean “fake” due to the prodigious amount of smuggled goods, many of them knock-offs, that cross the […]

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women cantors

Conservative movement is closing its gender gap, but there is still work to be done

New Female Cantor in Germany Came to Renewal After Journey

Around the Jewish World Brazil’s First Female Rabbi Takes Praise — and Surprise — in Stride

Looking to Prove Power of Sisterhood, German Jewish Women Form Network by Toby Axelrod

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Despite Traditionalist Defection, Cantors Group Admits Women Members

Cantors Assembly Leadership Decides to Admit Women to Professional Body

Women Again Fail to Muster Votes for Admission to Cantors Assembly

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