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What is it like to become a Reform rabbi as a second career?

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I'm not a rabbi, nor did I go to rabbinical school. But I went to school with rabbinical students, some of whom were pursuing the rabbinate as a second career. So based on proximity, I can begin to answer. (But you should talk to someone with firsthand experience to get the full story.) It's hard to answer your question. read more

3. With the second-career rabbis I know, their expectations going in played a major part in their own sense of the experience. If you're wondering if it's harder for second-career students, the answer is, "Sometimes, but not necessarily." Talk to the admissions folks at the seminary. read more

You cannot become a rabbi unless you first become a Jew. In order to become a Jew, you need to convert to Judaism. In order to convert to Judaism, you need to find a rabbi (who will agree to work with you toward conversion). read more

The rabbi the small congregation hired was the first female rabbi in Minnesota. That made a big impact on Block, seeing a woman in that post. “And I began to think about it for myself,” she said. read more

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