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[cellio]

This morning at the end of services the rabbi said he had a message for the congregation, and proceeded to translate from a certain postcard. Err, when I said "say hi to the morning minyan", I sort of assumed the postcard would beat me there. :-) (Two weeks.) He praised my Hebrew, I suspect more than it deserved. (I hadn't taken a dictionary with me.) But I figured it was fair to make him and Dani work a little for their postcards. :-)

Before sending it I took a picture:

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[patsmor.livejournal.com]

OH, shoot, that reminds me. I heard a great interview with the first woman to be ordained as a reform rabbi on NPR the other day. She's retiring after, what, 25 years? I've been trying to figure out what show it was on, so I could point you at it. Among other things she talked about her experiences at HUC, the attitudes of her professors, and the fact that she deliberately never married or had children because of the vibes from her congregants that a "real" rabbi couldn't split attention between home and congregation, and that a woman would always have an emotional conflict between home and duty. She didn't believe it, but didn't want to have to fight that, too.

Anyway, I'll work harder to find it unless you heard it.

And your Hebrew is very pretty. ;-)

[cellio]

Sounds like an interesting interview. (No, I didn't hear it.) I'm particularly struck by the family stuff, as I get the impression that now congregations are apt to look askance at a rabbi who doesn't have kids. (My impression could be wrong; it's not like I've seen hard data.)

[patsmor.livejournal.com]

I'll work a little harder on searching for it. Of course, I heard it in the car, so I couldn't get the URL right then!!! ;-)

She apparently has a book out or coming out... I'll see if I can get the name.

[ralphmelton.livejournal.com]

That reminded me enough to search for it: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6638554

[patsmor.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!

[cellio]

Thanks! I'll check it out.