ON THIS DAY: In 1972, the first female rabbi in the United States was ordained in New York City -- two months later, Sally Jan Priesand became assistant rabbi at NYC's Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. Barbra Streisand's character in 1983's YENTL can only dream of such freedom -- she must disguise herself as a boy to study Torah in 1900's Eastern Europe. [today's movie at IMDb]

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