And it just so happens that the Sisterhood blog reported this morning that there’s one looking for a job. Alysa Stanton, who became ordained as the first African-American female rabbi in 2009 and has served at Congregation Bayt Shalom in … Continue reading →

I blogged about Alysa Stanton last year, and lo and behold, she’s completed her ordination and will take the bima at Congregation Bayt Shalom in Greenville, N.C. this summer. I say this Reb Stanton deserves her own action figure. Tip … Continue reading →

Alysa Stanton-Ogulnick is proud to be black, proud to be a woman and proud to be a 45-year-old single mother who raised her adopted child on her own. And when she’s ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion … Continue reading →