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The Openly Gay Rabbi Who’s Working to Change the Face of Judaism
By Dan Bilefsky — 2019
By not allowing her path to God to interfere with her sexuality, Lisa Grushcow ‘embraced both parts of her identity’—and now, as Dan Bilefsky finds out, she’s working to make Judaism more inclusive for women.
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