Joy Levitt Explained

Joy Levitt is an American rabbi, and from 1987 to 1989 was the first female president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association.^[1]

Education

In 1975 Levitt received a bachelor's degree from Barnard College; she later received a master's degree from New York University in 1976, and a rabbinical degree from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 1981.^[2]

Editing

Levitt and her husband Rabbi Michael Strassfeld are coeditors of A Night of Questions, published by the Reconstructionist Press in 2000.^[3]

Honors

In 2010 Levitt was named one of fifty of the most influential rabbis in America by The Sisterhood, The Jewish Daily Forwards women's issues blog.^[4]

In 2010 and 2011 she was named by Newsweek as one of the most influential rabbis in America.^[5]

See also

• Timeline of women rabbis

Notes and References

1. Book: Academic Dean and Professor of Church History Emeritae Rosemary Skinner Keller. Rosemary Radford Ruether. Rosemary Radford Ruether. Marie Cantlon. Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: Native American creation stories. 2006. Indiana University Press. 0-253-34687-8. 553–.
2. Web site: Schenectady Gazette . 29 October 2014.
3. Night of Questions. United Kingdom: Reconstructionist Press, 2000.
4. Web site: The Sisterhood 50. 21 July 2010. The Jewish Daily Forward. 29 October 2014.
5. Web site: Newsweek List Takes a Page From 'The Sisterhood 50'. 18 April 2011. The Jewish Daily Forward. 29 October 2014.