Julie Schwartz (rabbi)

Julie Schwartz is an American rabbi.[1] She was born in Cincinnati and, in 1986, she became the first woman to serve as an active-duty Jewish chaplain in the U.S. Navy, the very same year she was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.[2][3] She counseled patients at the naval hospital in Oakland, California, and after a three-year tour of duty she returned to Cincinnati and held assorted jobs at HUC-JIR.[2]

Julie Schwartz
Personal
Born
Cincinnati
ReligionJudaism
NationalityAmerican
PositionRabbi
OrganisationB'nai Israel
Began1999

Eventually she became the third rabbi to be certified as a Clinical Pastoral Educator by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Educators, after which she founded HUC-JIR's course of study in pastoral counseling for rabbinical students.

In 1999, she became the first rabbi of B'nai Israel, the south side's first Jewish congregation in Fayette County, Georgia; they had previously been served by rabbinical students.[2]

In 2011, she returned to HUC-JIR to head the pastoral care and counseling program she founded.[4]

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.[5][6][7] Emily Bowen Cohen created the artwork about Schwartz.[7]

References

  1. "Rabbi reshapes traditional mold of chaplains and healers". J. 21 February 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. Carolyn Cary (12 September 1999). "South side's first Jewish congregation ready to move forward". The Citizen Online. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. Goldman, Ari L. (18 June 1986). "ISSUE OF WOMEN AS RABBIS BREAKS UP JEWISH UNIT". New York Times. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  4. "Rabbi Breaks Barriers". womenetics. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  5. "2022 Gala, Rabbi Levy's Shabbat Message, Tzedek Council and more... ✨". www.kol-ami.org.
  6. 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.
  7. "VIDEO: HOLY SPARKS – Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate". Jewish Art Salon. January 30, 2022.


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