“Rabbi Rebecca Birk” is not an actual rabbi. According to Jewish law, only men can be rabbis. There’s your first problem with this piece of drivel. The second problem is, it’s drivel.
Goodness, the next thing we’ll see is you posting that the “Conference of Liberal Rabbis and Cantors” members lack biblical understanding. ;-)
Hence the lead-in, “a progressive Jewish response...”
Rabbi Dingbat Mushead