She succeeds the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Jewish icon who was the second woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, and who, in her opening statement on Oct. 12 in front of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Barrett paid tribute to.

Jewish groups reacted immediately following the U.S. Senate confirmation on Monday of Amy Coney Barrett as the 115th U.S. Supreme Court justice a week before the Nov. 3 election.

Barrett, previously a judge on the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court and a professor at Notre Dame Law School, her law school alma mater, was confirmed 52-48. All but one Republican, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), voted in favor of her nomination, while all Democrats voted against it.

She succeeds the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a heralded liberal judicial, feminist and Jewish icon who was the second woman to serve on the nation’s highest court. Ginsburg died on Sept. 18 at the age of 87 from “complications of metastatic pancreas cancer,” according to a statement from the Supreme Court shortly after her death.

In her opening statement on Oct. 12 in front of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Barrett paid tribute to Ginsburg. Read more at JNS