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Our Favorites: Regina Jonas

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Oct 8, 20256:11Society & Culture

Regina Jonas (1902-1944) asked a short, but important question: Can women serve as rabbis? She dedicated her life to proving that the answer to that question was 'Yes.' For the past six years, we’ve been telling the stor...

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