NATIONAL BRIEFING / OHIO
Times Wire Reports
A Cleveland native will soon become what is believed to be mainstream Judaism’s first black female rabbi.
Alysa Stanton, 45, will be ordained June 6 in Cincinnati after completing rabbinical studies there.
She will become the rabbi at Congregation Bayt Shalom in Greenville, N.C., in August. Experts say her ordination is a first and could help draw more women and blacks to Jewish leadership roles.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
