 In 1980 , Nancy Fink , a Brooklyn Law School professor , was elected as the congregation 's first female president . Fink called a full membership meeting in 1982 to decide whether women could lead the services , blow the shofar ( the rams @-@ horn trumpet blown on the High Holidays ) , and whether daughters of <unk> ( hereditary priests ) could give the priestly blessing . Advised by Scheindlin , the congregation decided to make the services fully egalitarian , allowing women to perform all three functions . 
