Deborah Waxman

Deborah Waxman, the president of the [[Reconstructionist Rabbinical College]] (RRC) and [[Reconstructionist Judaism|Jewish Reconstructionist Communities]]; she was inaugurated as president of both on October 26, 2014<ref name="jewishexponent.com">{{cite web|url=http://jewishexponent.com/community/2014/10/waxman-inaugurated-as-head-of-reconstructionist-rabbinical-college|title=Waxman Inaugurated as Head of Reconstructionist Rabbinical College|work=Jewish Exponent|date=27 October 2014|access-date=3 January 2015|archive-date=3 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103201512/http://jewishexponent.com/community/2014/10/waxman-inaugurated-as-head-of-reconstructionist-rabbinical-college|url-status=dead}}</ref> Deborah Waxman is an American rabbi and the president and CEO of Reconstructing Judaism (the merged organization of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Jewish Reconstructionist Communities). Waxman was inaugurated as the president of both on October 26, 2014. The ceremony took place at the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. Waxman is believed to be the first woman rabbi and first lesbian to lead a Jewish congregational union, and the first lesbian to lead a Jewish seminary; the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College is both a congregational union and a seminary. She previously served as the vice-president for governance for the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. In 2015 she was named as one of ''The Forward'' 50. Provided by Wikipedia
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