List of Rabbis - Reform Rabbis, 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries - Reform Rabbis: Contemporary (ca. 21st Century)

Reform Rabbis: Contemporary (ca. 21st Century)

  • Arik Ascherman, American-born Reform rabbi and Palestinian human rights activist in Israel
  • Denise Eger, former rabbi of Beth Chayim Chadashim world's first LGBT Synagogue and founder of Temple Kol Ami in West Hollywood CA. First female and openly lesbian to serve as president of Southern California Board of Rabbis and officiated at the first legal same sex wedding between two women in California.
  • Alysa Stanton, 21st century Reform rabbi, first ordained Black female rabbi in America

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