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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 10:40 AM Jun 2015

Meet Sandra Lawson, Who May Soon Be One Of Judaism's First Black, Openly Lesbian Rabbis

Religion News Service
By Lauren Markoe



(RNS) Sandra Lawson, a former military police officer turned personal trainer, wasn’t religious about anything, except maybe fitness. She wasn’t looking to convert to Judaism or any other religion.

And she certainly never aspired to be one of the first — if not the first — black, openly lesbian rabbi.

But this spring Lawson finished her fourth year at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College outside Philadelphia with the help of an online GoFundMe campaign. She plans to marry her girlfriend and spend the fall semester in Israel. If all goes according to plan, she will celebrate her ordination in 2018.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/01/sandra-lawson-black-lesbian-rabbi_n_7465740.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

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Meet Sandra Lawson, Who May Soon Be One Of Judaism's First Black, Openly Lesbian Rabbis (Original Post) hrmjustin Jun 2015 OP
Oy! This new world we're living in is... TreasonousBastard Jun 2015 #1
Awesome. okasha Jun 2015 #2
Ain't that something!!! nt MADem Jun 2015 #3

okasha

(11,573 posts)
2. Awesome.
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 10:36 PM
Jun 2015

Reconstructionist Judaism has practiced gender equality since its founding.

Scroll down a little further past the article. Gandalf and Dumbledore are getting married.

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