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Sandy Eisenberg Sasso

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “reconstructionist rabbi and noted children’s books author”. Today it says “first woman to have been ordained a rabbi in reconstructionist judaism”.
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Sandy Eisenberg Sasso (born January 29, 1947 ) is the first woman to have been ordained a rabbi in Reconstructionist Judaism . She was ordained by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia , on May 19, 1974. She is also the author of many children's books on religious topics. National Library of Israel authority database. Encyclopedia of gender and society, Volume 1 .

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reconstructionist rabbi and noted children’s books author

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first woman to have been ordained a rabbi in reconstructionist judaism

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