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Kinneret Shiryon, born Sandra Levine (1955 in the United States) [1] [2] is the first female rabbi in Israel. [3] She is the spiritual leader of Kehillat Yozma, Modi'in's Reform congregation, which she helped establish [4] in 1997; Kehillat Yozma is the first non-Orthodox congregation in Israel to receive state funding for its synagogue. [5] [6]
Shiryon was chairwoman of the Council of Progressive Rabbis in Israel (MARAM), [3] as well as one of the rabbis who contributed to the book Three Times Chai: 54 Rabbis Tell Their Favorite Stories. She contributed the story "Challahs in the Ark." [7] She also directed the University Student Outreach programs at UAHC's International Department of Education in Jerusalem. [8]
Shiryon was ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 1981. [9] She and her husband Baruch have four children (Ayelet, Erez, Inbar, and Amichai). [9] [8]
The 2022 art exhibit “Holy Sparks”, shown among other places at the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum, featured art about twenty-four female rabbis who were firsts in some way; [10] [11] Heddy Breuer Abramowitz created the artwork about Shiryon that was in that exhibit. [12]
- ^ "First woman to work as a rabbi in Israel pursues her dreams". Leah Hakimian for The Jerusalem Post, 26 November 2021. Accessed 7 Jan 2022.
- ^ Schwartz, David A. (8 March 2012). "Israel's first female rabbi visits South Florida". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ a b "8:00 PM Guest Speaker Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon". Temple Sinai. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Rank and File". Haaretz. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Woman rabbi flies to US to preach aliya". Hebrew Union College — Jewish Institute of Religion. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ Ettinger, Yair (9 May 2008). "Reform Movement Celebrates First State-funded Synagogue". Haaretz. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ Laney Katz Becker (2007). Three Times Chai: 54 Rabbis Tell Their Favorite Stories. Behrman House, Inc. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-0-87441-810-1.
- ^ a b "Yozma's Rabbis". Kehillat Yozma. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Certificates for Graduates of the Life Texts - Talmudic Bibliotherapy Program Presented at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem Ordination and Academic Convocation". Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. 1 November 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ Eckerling, Debra L. (March 31, 2022). ""Holy Sparks" Exhibition Celebrates 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate". Jewish Journal.
- ^ "Holy Sparks: Celebrating Fifty Years of Women in the Rabbinate". HUC.
- ^ "VIDEO: HOLY SPARKS – Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate". Jewish Art Salon. January 30, 2022.
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Kinneret Shiryon | |
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| Personal | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Organization | Council of Progressive Rabbis in Israel |
Kinneret Shiryon, born Sandra Levine (1955 in the United States) [1] [2] is the first female rabbi in Israel. [3] She is the spiritual leader of Kehillat Yozma, Modi'in's Reform congregation, which she helped establish [4] in 1997; Kehillat Yozma is the first non-Orthodox congregation in Israel to receive state funding for its synagogue. [5] [6]
Shiryon was chairwoman of the Council of Progressive Rabbis in Israel (MARAM), [3] as well as one of the rabbis who contributed to the book Three Times Chai: 54 Rabbis Tell Their Favorite Stories. She contributed the story "Challahs in the Ark." [7] She also directed the University Student Outreach programs at UAHC's International Department of Education in Jerusalem. [8]
Shiryon was ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 1981. [9] She and her husband Baruch have four children (Ayelet, Erez, Inbar, and Amichai). [9] [8]
The 2022 art exhibit “Holy Sparks”, shown among other places at the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum, featured art about twenty-four female rabbis who were firsts in some way; [10] [11] Heddy Breuer Abramowitz created the artwork about Shiryon that was in that exhibit. [12]
- ^ "First woman to work as a rabbi in Israel pursues her dreams". Leah Hakimian for The Jerusalem Post, 26 November 2021. Accessed 7 Jan 2022.
- ^ Schwartz, David A. (8 March 2012). "Israel's first female rabbi visits South Florida". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ a b "8:00 PM Guest Speaker Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon". Temple Sinai. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Rank and File". Haaretz. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Woman rabbi flies to US to preach aliya". Hebrew Union College — Jewish Institute of Religion. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ Ettinger, Yair (9 May 2008). "Reform Movement Celebrates First State-funded Synagogue". Haaretz. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ Laney Katz Becker (2007). Three Times Chai: 54 Rabbis Tell Their Favorite Stories. Behrman House, Inc. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-0-87441-810-1.
- ^ a b "Yozma's Rabbis". Kehillat Yozma. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Certificates for Graduates of the Life Texts - Talmudic Bibliotherapy Program Presented at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem Ordination and Academic Convocation". Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. 1 November 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ Eckerling, Debra L. (March 31, 2022). ""Holy Sparks" Exhibition Celebrates 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate". Jewish Journal.
- ^ "Holy Sparks: Celebrating Fifty Years of Women in the Rabbinate". HUC.
- ^ "VIDEO: HOLY SPARKS – Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate". Jewish Art Salon. January 30, 2022.
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