First Woman Rabbi Remembered at Terezin Event
The four American women rabbis who were the first ordinees of their denominations, Rabbi Sally Priesand (Hebrew Union College, 1972), Rabbi Sandy Sasso (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, 1974), Rabbi Amy Eilberg (Jewish Theological Seminary, 1985) and Rabba Sara Hurwitz (ordained by Rabbi Avi Weiss in 2009) participated in the ceremony.
Funding for the plaque was provided by Hebrew Union College.
The article was updated to include Rabba Hurwitz’s participation.