America's First Female Rabbi

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

On June 3rd 1972 Sally Priesand became the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi in the USA. However it still took her another nine years to secure a full-time post in a synagogue. She spoke to Zeinab Dabaa about overcoming the traditional gender barriers in her ground-breaking career.

Photo: Sally Priesand in 1972 (With thanks to the American Jewish Archive)

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0:35.4	Sounds.
0:36.4	Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.
0:40.9	My name's Linda Davies and I commissioned
0:43.0	podcast for BBC Sounds.
0:45.0	As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality,
0:49.0	featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices.
0:54.4	What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,
1:00.9	poltergeist, cricket and conspiracy theories, Cricket, and Conspiracy Theories.
1:04.3	And that's just a few examples.
1:06.2	If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected,
1:09.4	find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds. Thank you for downloading the witness podcast.
1:15.0	History as told by people who were there.
1:18.0	I am Zinnabdubber and today I am taking you back to the 3rd of June 1972 when a woman was ordained as a
1:26.5	rabbi for the first time in the USA.
1:29.4	I've been speaking to Rabbi Sally Prissand about her pioneering career.
1:37.0	Sally Prissand grew up in a Jewish family in Cleveland. Sally Pre-S
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