Toba Spitzer

Toba Spitzer

Toba Spitzer became the first openly lesbian or gay person to head a rabbinical assembly, when she was elected president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Assembly at the group's annual convention, in Scottsdale, Arizona.cite web |url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/03/first_openly_ga.html |title=First openly gay rabbi elected leader |first=Charles A. |last=Radin |publisher=The Boston Globe
date=2007-03-13
]

Spitzer leads Congregation Dorshei Tzedek in West Newton, Massachusetts.

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External links

* [http://dorsheitzedek.org/rabbi.htm Spitzer's biography on the Dorshei Tzedek website]


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