Judy Led the Way - Hardcover

by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso (Author), Margeuax Lucas (Illustrator)

Judy is a force for change. Lovely. -Kirkus Reviews. How Judith Kaplan and her father Rabbi Mordechi Kaplan started the practice of bat mizvah in the synagogue in the United States

Front Jacket

In the 1920's the world was changing for women. Maybe it was time for things to change in the synagogue as well. But when Judy's father, Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan, said it was time for her to become bat mitzvah and lead services, she nearly dropped the noodle kugel. It was unthinkable--or was it? The tradition of bat mitzvah int he synagogue had just begun.