Publisher's Synopsis
"Evocative, inspiring, uplifting" --Kirkus Starred Review
National Jewish Book Award Finalist, Children's Literature
This true story of the first woman ever ordained as a rabbi - in Germany in 1935 - will inspire children to pursue their creams and to persist in the face of challenges. Written by Rabbi Sandy Sasso, the first Reconstructionist woman rabbi in the United States, the book also features an Afterword with historical context about the Nazi Germany setting and about the female ordinations in the various Jewish movements.
