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Amy Eilberg (born October 12, 1954) is the first woman rabbi ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America , one of the academic and spiritual centers of Conservative Judaism .1Ordained in 1985, she was the first woman appointed to serve on the Rabbinical Assembly 's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards in 1986. As of 2004, the JTS has ordained more than 150 women rabbis and the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies has ordained approximately 30. Amy Eilberg currently resides in Minnesota, and comes to Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto, California , on the High Holidays.2
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Amy Eilberg (born October 12, 1954) is the first female rabbi ordained in Conservative Judaism .She was ordained in 1985 by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America , one of the academic centers and spiritual centers of Conservative Judaism .
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American rabbi (born 1954) Amy Eilberg (born October 12, 1954) is the first female rabbi ordained in Conservative Judaism . She was ordained in 1985 by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America , one of the academic centers and spiritual centers of Conservative Judaism .
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first woman rabbi ordained by the jewish theological seminary of america
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first female rabbi ordained in conservative judaism
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