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Congregation's 1st rabbi felt `called' to Duxbury
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DUXBURY -- At sundown on Oct. 1, when the Jewish New Year (Rosh
Hashonah) begins, Rabbi Judith Epstein will, as she puts it, conduct
her first High Holy Services from "beginning to end."
Although she was ordained four years ago, the new religious
leader of Congregation Shirat Hayam said she did not set out to be "a
pulpit rabbi."
"I wasn't even looking for a congregation," said Rabbi Epstein,
56, who was hired this summer by the young Duxbury congregation. "I
intended to . . . work with college students and do a lot of
interfaith counseling."
Instead, she will be the first year-round ...
