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Last update - 08:21 07/06/2009
First black woman rabbi ordained in the U.S.
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press
Tags: israel news, rabbi 

An Ohioan on Saturday became the first African-American woman rabbi ordained in the United States.

Alysa Stanton, of Blue Ash, Ohio, was among 14 rabbis ordained at a ceremony at the Plum Street Temple in Cincinnati. She will serve as rabbi of the predominantly white Congregation Bayt Shalom in Greenville, N.C., beginning this summer.

"I am honored to be a visual presence of the 'new face' of Judaism," the Cleveland native told the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper. "My goals as a rabbi are to break down barriers, build bridges and provide hope."
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Stanton, 45, grew up in a Pentocostal Christian home and converted to Judaism more than 20 years ago while attending Colorado State University, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

She later studied at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the oldest institution of higher Jewish education of Reform Judaism in the United States.

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      1.   Yet another `new face` of Judaism? 09:45  |  Binyamin Dissen 07/06/09
      2.   Fantastic. G-d bless her 10:31  |  Semsem 07/06/09
      3.   Her color shouldn`t be news. 13:10  |  Fortuna Benmayor 07/06/09
      4.   rabbi ???? 15:35  |  Kobi former Swede 07/06/09
      5.   Wish she would try Orthodox 15:39  |  Dave 07/06/09
      6.   it is not her colour which is the problem 15:40  |  Rabbi Ashkenazi 07/06/09
      7.   it is not only reform conversion but ordination as well:) 16:02  |  nothing to discuss 07/06/09
      8.   #3 & 5 16:13  |  Don 07/06/09
      9.   Kol Ha`kavod Part 1 16:22  |  Arie 07/06/09
      10.   Reform looks further back than its own origins 16:27  |  Reformer 07/06/09
      11.   Black woman rabbi, eh? 16:35  |  Reformer 07/06/09
      12.   Good job for her... but still 17:06  |  Eze Chayal 07/06/09
      13.   Wonderful 17:24  |  Gil 07/06/09
      14.   What color has to do with anything? 17:46  |  Berel 07/06/09
      15.   First Black Woman Rabbi 18:00  |  RonH 07/06/09
      16.   REFORM? NO WONDER! 20:32  |  MAX 07/06/09
      17.   Why do you think anyone care about what you think 05:24  |  Zeev 08/06/09
      18.   First Black Rabbi 09:14  |  Lou 08/06/09
      19.   The First Black Rabbi?! 10:04  |  Zev Davis 08/06/09
      20.   she went to 18:38  |  TAZ 08/06/09
      21.   Hasidic Rabbi 09:54  |  Shtarka 09/06/09
      22.   Mazal!!!!!!!! 13:02  |  benjamin 11/06/09
      23.   The future of Jews = become Black 06:19  |  Orlando Jones 18/06/09
      24.   new black rabbi 23:33  |  barry 22/06/09
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