Drorah Setel is an American biblical scholar and feminist theologian from

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, who was formerly a rabbi at Temple Beth El in Niagara Falls, NY. She presently serves as rabbi to the Temple Emanu-El congregation at the Jewish Community Center in Brighton, a suburb of Rochester, New York. A social activist and a spiritual caregiver, Setel is known as a co-writer, with

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communities today. Ellen Umansky has listed Setel as among the most prominent Jewish feminist theologians. Setel is a divorced mother of three children.

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