Kinneret Shiryon

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]

Kinneret Shiryon

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 art exhibit “Holy Sparks”, which opened in February 2022 at the Heller Museum and the Skirball Museum, featured 24 Jewish women artists, who had each created an artwork about a female rabbi who was a first in some way.[10][11][12] Heddy Breuer Abramowitz created the artwork about Shiryon.[12]

References
  1. "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.
  2. Schwartz, David A. (8 March 2012). "Israel's first female rabbi visits South Florida". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  3. "8:00 PM Guest Speaker Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon". Temple Sinai. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  4. "Rank and File". Haaretz. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  5. "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.
  6. Ettinger, Yair (9 May 2008). "Reform Movement Celebrates First State-funded Synagogue". Haaretz. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  7. Laney Katz Becker (2007). Three Times Chai: 54 Rabbis Tell Their Favorite Stories. Behrman House, Inc. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-0-87441-810-1.
  8. "Yozma's Rabbis". Kehillat Yozma. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011.
  9. "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.
  10. "2022 Gala, Rabbi Levy's Shabbat Message, Tzedek Council and more... ✨". www.kol-ami.org.
  11. Gelfand, Janelle (2022-05-13). "Celebrating community: Exhibits hail 200 years of Jewish contributions in Cincinnati". American City Business Journals. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  12. "VIDEO: HOLY SPARKS – Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate". Jewish Art Salon. January 30, 2022.
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