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commuting, it was important to her to
make time for her family and friends.

After all, she couldn’t support her
community without also supporting the
people she loved. Her two adult children
saw how hard she worked and were on
board. “They already thought I was a nerd, so
this just went along with the rest of it,”
she said. “They were always supportive.”
Other people expressed concern that
she was starting rabbinical school at an
older age.

“A lot of people said to me, ‘Oh my
God, you’re going to rabbinical school at
50? Well, you’ll probably be 55 or close to
55 when you’ll be ordained!’ And here I
am,” she said.

For Targan, it was well worth the
effort. “If I had listened to people and thought,
‘Oh my God, I’ll be 55,’ I wouldn’t have
been able to be a rabbi for the past 17 and
a half years. So I’ve had the honor to be
a rabbi beyond everyone’s expectations,”
she said.

She began her community rabbinic
career conducting outreach to interfaith
couples and converts to Judaism at the
92nd Street Y and teaching graduate
courses in the Florence Melton Adult
Mini-School at Gratz College.

These days, her rabbinate consists
mainly of public speaking (on Zoom)
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