Judaism, despite being a millennia-old religion and one of the earliest monotheistic systems, historically enforced the exclusion of women from sacred rites, thereby delaying their access to the rabbinical career. This paper traces the origins of this exclusion from the rabbinate, examining its juridical foundations and its historical evolution across the various movements that emerged with Reform Judaism up to the present day. Moreover the paper analyzes the stages of Jewish Reform with a particular focus on Reform Judaism, in its historical stages, looking at the different trends. Then the document takes on more sociological characteristics, seeking to understand how feminist movements have contributed to change from the 1970s to the present day. At the end the article considers the situation in Italy but also refers to modern Jewish feminist movements, some of which are active in Israel.