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March 2026

In Her Image: A Pedagogy for Feminine Prayer and Transforming Community

Rabbi Stacey Blank
Director of Education and Leadership Development
World Union for Progressive Judaism
To incorporate feminine language and theology is to raise awareness of how gender affects our prayer and create more equality in the community.
Rabbi Stacey Blank has dedicated her rabbinate to building inclusive, vibrantand spiritually alive Jewish communities. She currently serves as Director of Education and Leadership Development for the World Union for Progressive Judaism, where she oversees international seminars and conferences, pedagogical consulting, global forums for clergy and lay leaders, and shlichut and partnership development. Previously, she served as rabbi of Kehilat Darchei Noam in Ramat HaSharon and Kehilat Shir Chadash in Tzur Hadassah, building Progressive communities in Israel for over a decade. Rabbi Stacey mentors rabbinical students and is actively involved in Rabbis for Human Rights. A published writer in both Israel and the United States, her first book of Hebrew poetry was released in 2025, and she is currently completing a fully feminine-language Siddur. Jerusalem has been her home for 20 years, where she can be found whizzing through the streets on her bicycle.
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