Fraulein Rabbiner Jonas: The Story of the First Woman Rabbi

by Elisa Klapheck

Fraulein Rabbiner Jonas tells the moving story of the woman who inspired a new kind of progressive female participation in the Jewish religion. Biographer Elisa Klapheck shows how Jonas overcame formidable resistance and obstacles from conventional orthodox Jewish institutions to become the first female rabbi. The book includes the text of Jonas s definitive treatise on why women can indeed become rabbis, which is based on sound scripture from the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787969877
• ISBN13: 9780787969875
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"