recognition when it's due!

http://www.forward.com/forward-50-2008/

i will cut the relevant part for ease of my readership (who are you by the way? who even reads this?)

"Denise Eger
When anti-gay marriage activists put forth Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative seeking to ban gay marriage, Rabbi Denise Eger wasted no time in organizing Jewish opposition to the measure. While the ballot initiative ultimately prevailed on November 4, Eger nevertheless demonstrated her ability to raise the profile of gay rights issues within the Jewish community and spur people to action. The founding rabbi of Congregation Kol Ami, West Hollywood’s gay and lesbian Reform synagogue, Eger shepherded efforts to pass a resolution by the Board of Rabbis of Southern California opposing Proposition 8. In a huge turnout by the board’s 290 members, 93% voted in favor of the resolution. Eger, 48, also helped organize the L.A.-based group Jews for Marriage Equality and was a founding president of L.A.’s Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Clergy Association. A vice president of the Board of Rabbis for the past six years, Eger is next in line to assume its presidency. If she, indeed, becomes president — which could happen as early as next May — Eger would be not only the first woman to lead the Southern California board, but also the first gay or lesbian."

rabbi eger is my mentor. for two years she taught me all that she could so that i might be a better rabbi. at my ordination, she spoke to the congregation about me. in a few weeks she will travel to toronto to help in my installation at TS.

i hope that this recognition will be just a taste of the honor that rabbi eger receives for being who she is and leading the jewish people and the world in the struggle for equality for all. amen.