How rabbi defies hate Rabbi Deborah Bravo about anti-Semitism’s upsurge: “It’s in non-Jewish plus Jewish areas. Long Island, my home, we’re a majority but — where there’s less of us — underlying hatred and racism is now prevalent.” What impelled a woman to become a rabbi? “I grew up in a liberal home, went to a Jewish summer camp, my parents were observant and my interest began in high school. Role models planted the seed. By college I knew it’s what I wanted. Women now have equal acceptance. Four years undergraduate school, then five years after college to receive my...