67. A committee under the leadership of Barnett Brickner was appointed by of the Central Conference of American Rabbis in 1956 to look into this matter further it favored ordination. This step was endorsed by Nelson Glueck , the President of HUC-JIR , but the Conference tabled the report of the committee. The details of this long institutional struggle have been described in several essays in Gary P. Zola (ed.), Women Rabbis— Exploration and Celebration, Cincinnati , 1996, 135 pp.
68. Gary P. Zola (ed.), Women Rabbis- Exploration and Celebration, Cincinnati , 1996, 135 pp. For the resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations from their December 1976 meeting, see http://urj.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=7442&page_prg_id=29601&pge_id=4590 The Conservative Movement reluctantly eventually took the same step.
69. Jacob D. Schwartz(ed.), Responsa of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, New York , 1954(mimeograph by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations). Freehof did not involve the Reponsa Committee at all with the exception of an annual postcard enclosed with the responsum he wished to print in the Yearbook of the Central Conference of American Rabbis as the report of the committee.
70. The Committee Report and Resolution were first published as an appendix to Walter Jacob (ed.), American Reform Responsa, New York , 1983, pp. 547 ff. The responsum on this topic, although issued in 1983 was then printed in Walter Jacob , Contemporary American Responsa, New York , 1987, pp.61 ff.
71. For more on my approach see“Writing Responsa: A Personal Journey,” Walter Jacob (ed.), Beyond the Letter of the Law- Essays on Diversity in the Halakhah in honor of Moshe Zemer , Pittsburgh , 2004, pp. 103-118.