Henry Messinger [SEP] position held
Henry Messinger
Henry Messinger (May 30, 1915 – May 13, 1991) was a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving from 1971 to 1982.
2008, Stacy Offner became the first female vice president of the Union for Reform Judaism, a position she held for two years. In 2015, Daryl Messinger became the first female chair of the Union.
Present day Reform Judaism Reform approaches to change.
Reform Judaism generally holds that the various differences between the roles of men and women in traditional Jewish law are not relevant to modern conditions and not applicable today. Accordingly, there has been no need to develop legal arguments analogous to those made within the Orthodox and Conservative movements.