The first female rabbi in the shul’s 62-year-history said: “As Jews, in partnership with God, we are meant to bring light to be a light unto the nations.

“When we gather to pray learn and sing, we are reminded that we share a particularity that makes us distinct and responsibility that binds us all together.”

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