Mikki Mendelsohn is a college teacher, a Rabbi, ( the first woman ordained by Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion in New York and the second woman ordained by the mo...view moreMikki Mendelsohn is a college teacher, a Rabbi, ( the first woman ordained by Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion in New York and the second woman ordained by the movement), a former manager of community and government relations for a fortune 500 company, an attorney (with a JD from Santa Clara University) and a woman who served in the Israel Defense Forces (Entertainment Corps) after the Six Day War. She received her B.A. from Hunter College and studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where she lived for four years.view less