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Amy Eilberg is the first woman rabbi ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America,^[1] one of the academic centers and spiritual centers of Conservative Judaism.

Youth and Early Life[עריכת קוד מקור | עריכה]

Eilberg was born October 12, 1954. She grew up in Philadelphia, USA. Her father, Joshua Eilberg, was a Representative of Democratic party from Pennsylvania and her mother, Gladys, was a social worker.^[2] Her parents were not particularly observant to Judaism, but when Eilerg was fourteen, she convinced them to follow the dietary laws of kashrut. In high school, she was involved in the United Synagogue Youth and later she was at Camp Ramah.

Eilberg attended Brandeis University in 1972 and continued to pursue her interest in Judaism. She had a major in Jewish Studies, and also she became an active member of Hillel International in the campus . While at Brandeis she learned how to read the Torah and she explored her relationship to Jewish ritual. In 1976 she graduated from Brandeis and enrolled in Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) to do graduate work in Talmud. After receiving her masters degree, she taught at Midreshet Yerushalayim, an intensive training school run by the JTS in Israel. When she found out that JTS had tabled the question of women's ordination in 1979, she was disappointed but decided that she would continue to study. She enrolled in a social work program at Smith College and in 1984 received her masters of social work.^[3].

Rabbinical school[עריכת קוד מקור | עריכה]

Eilberg was among in the first group of women who immediately signed up for classes in the rabbinical school in the fall of 1984.^[3] Since the early 1970s, leaders of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) had engaged in serious discussions and many debates about women’s ordination in Judaism Conservative. Hastened by the Reform movement’s decision to ordain Sally Priesand in 1972 and the Reconstructionist's movement to ordain Sandy Eisenberg Sasso in 1974, members of the Rabbinical Assembly, the central organization of Conservative rabbis, initiated exploratory studies about Jewish legal attitudes toward women’s ordination.^{[notes 1]} As of 2004, the JTS has ordained more than 150 women rabbis and the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies has ordained approximately 30.^[2]

Rabbinical life[עריכת קוד מקור | עריכה]

Ordained On May 12,1985, at the age of thirty years, Eilberg was the first woman appointed to serve on the Rabbinical Assembly's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards in 1986. She started her career at a Hospital in Indianapolis and then became the assistant rabbi at Har Zion Temple near Philadelphia. In 1989, she stepped down from that position at this synagogue, and in her resignation letter explained that her desire to spend more time with her daughter was one of the primary motivations for her decision.^[2] She also realized that her true passion was for social work in Hospital. She co-founded the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center in San Francisco and devoted her energy to understanding Jewish ways of healing and helping the sick. At the height of the AIDS crisis, the Jewish Healing Center offered spiritual care to Jews people living with illness, death, and loss.^[4]

Eilberg has been married twice, first to Howard Schwartz, and then, in 1995, to Louis Newman, a professor of Judaic Studies.^[2] She has one daughter, Penina, from her first marriage, and two stepsons, Etan and Jonah, from her second.^[2] She currently lives in Palo Alto, California where she serves as a counselor to help people discover and deepen their relationship with God. She also teaches Jewish healing and Jewish spirituality . She has continued her involvement with bikkur holim. Eilberg comes to Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto for special events and the High Holidays.

Writings[עריכת קוד מקור | עריכה]

Eilberg, Amy (1987). "Kol Isha: A New Voice in Conservative Judaism.". In Cardin, Nina Beth; Silverman, David Wolf (eds.). The Seminary at 100.
Eilberg, Amy (1994). "I Must Keep Singing: Psalm 137". In Weintraub, Simkha (ed.). Healing of Spirit, Healing of Body.
Eilberg, Amy (2001). "Walking in the Valley of the Shadow: Caring for the Dying and Their Loved Ones". In Friedman, Dayle (ed.). Jewish Pastoral Care.
Eilberg, Amy (2004). "A Grieving Ritual Following Miscarriage". In Orenstein, Debra (ed.). Lifecycles: Jewish Women on Life Passages and Personal Milestones.

הערות שוליים[עריכת קוד מקור | עריכה]

^ Gerson Cohen, chancellor of JTS from 1972-1986, became an active proponent of the admission of women into rabbinical programs after reviewing the conclusions of one study conducted in the late 1970s. In October 1983, shortly after the death of Rabbi Saul Lieberman, who had been an indomitable rabbi against women’s ordination, the faculty of JTS voted to allow women to enter their rabbinical school. (See Nadell, Pamela S., "Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women's Ordination, 1889-1985" in Jewish Women's Life.)
^ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ "Amy Eilberg". Jewish Women's Encyclopedia. נבדק ב-23 בדצמבר 2010. {{cite web}}: (עזרה)
^ ¹ ² Goldman, Ari (13 במאי 1985). "Conservative Jews Ordain Woman". New York Times. {{cite news}}: (עזרה)
^ "Eilberg, Amy". Jewish Virtual Library. נבדק ב-23 בדצמבר 2010. {{cite web}}: (עזרה)

External links[עריכת קוד מקור | עריכה]

JTS Faculty Senate Votes to Admit Women October 24, 1983
Amy Eilberg ordained as first female Conservative rabbi
Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution from the Jewish Women's Archive
Minnesota Voices| Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 18, 2009

Video[עריכת קוד מקור | עריכה]

Rabbi Amy Eilberg leads the Motzi at the 2010 Guardian of Democracy Dinner, october 16, 2010.

הערות שוליים[עריכת קוד מקור | עריכה]

^ Gerson Cohen, chancellor of JTS from 1972-1986, became an active proponent of the admission of women into rabbinical programs after reviewing the conclusions of one study conducted in the late 1970s. In October 1983, shortly after the death of Rabbi Saul Lieberman, who had been an indomitable rabbi against women’s ordination, the faculty of JTS voted to allow women to enter their rabbinical school. (See Nadell, Pamela S., "Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women's Ordination, 1889-1985" in Jewish Women's Life.)

[1] Gerson Cohen, chancellor of JTS from 1972-1986, became an active proponent of the admission of women into rabbinical programs after reviewing the conclusions of one study conducted in the late 1970s. In October 1983, shortly after the death of Rabbi Saul Lieberman, who had been an indomitable rabbi against women’s ordination, the faculty of JTS voted to allow women to enter their rabbinical school. (See Nadell, Pamela S., "Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women's Ordination, 1889-1985" in Jewish Women's Life.)

[JWE-2] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ "Amy Eilberg". Jewish Women's Encyclopedia. נבדק ב-23 בדצמבר 2010. {{cite web}}: (עזרה)

[NYT-3] ¹ ² Goldman, Ari (13 במאי 1985). "Conservative Jews Ordain Woman". New York Times. {{cite news}}: (עזרה)

[JVL-5] "Eilberg, Amy". Jewish Virtual Library. נבדק ב-23 בדצמבר 2010. {{cite web}}: (עזרה)

[4] Gerson Cohen, chancellor of JTS from 1972-1986, became an active proponent of the admission of women into rabbinical programs after reviewing the conclusions of one study conducted in the late 1970s. In October 1983, shortly after the death of Rabbi Saul Lieberman, who had been an indomitable rabbi against women’s ordination, the faculty of JTS voted to allow women to enter their rabbinical school. (See Nadell, Pamela S., "Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women's Ordination, 1889-1985" in Jewish Women's Life.)

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