The Yiddish Book Center's
Wexler Oral History Project
A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.
Gender Equality in Jewish Religious Leadership
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Frances Morrill Schlitt reflects on the ways gender roles have changed in the Jewish religious establishment, explaining that she still feels that a women at the bima is a "special event." She points out that even with this advancement, it is still difficult for women to be hired as rabbis in many congregations.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Frances Morrill Schlitt.
This excerpt is in English.
Frances Morrill Schlitt was born in Auburn, Maine in 1935. Frances Morrill died in 2020.
