Alysa Stanton
Alysa Stanton | |
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Stanton at the White House | |
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| Born | August 2, 1963 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Education | Colorado State University; Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion |
| Occupation | Rabbi |
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Alysa Stanton (born August 2, 1963) is an American Reform rabbi, and the first African American female rabbi. Ordained on June 6, 2009, in August 2009 she began work as a rabbi at Congregation Bayt Shalom, a small majority-white synagogue in Greenville, North Carolina, making her the first African American rabbi to lead a majority-white congregation. Stanton converted to Judaism at age 24 and first studied and worked as a psychotherapist.