Shechiyanu: I have been blessed to live to see this moment. Lesbian rabbi appointed as President of Board of Rabbis of Southern California

"This week, the Board of Rabbis of Southern California will install Rabbi Denise Eger as its president — the first woman and the first gay rabbi to hold the position at the 72-year-old organization. And perhaps what is most notable is that her gender and her gender orientation seemed to be a non-issue for the 300 or so colleagues of all denominations who voted her in."

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