Of all the shifts in Jewish life-cycle events over the past hundred years, the most prominent and controversial has been women’s increasing inclusion and equality in ritual.
After years of battling sexual harassment at Temple Beth Zion, the large Reform congregation in Buffalo, N.Y., Cantor Penny Myers has resigned her position.
Shuly Rubin Schwartz has broken the ultimate glass ceiling at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the premier educational institution for Conservative Judaism.