Kinneret Shiryon Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/first-woman-to-work-as-a-rabbi-in-israel-pursues-her-dreams-687044 "First woman to work as a rabbi in Israel pursues her dreams"
  2. Web site: Israel's first female rabbi visits South Florida. Schwartz. David A.. 8 March 2012. Jewish Journal. 17 September 2019.
  3. Web site: 8:00 PM Guest Speaker Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon. Temple Sinai. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425151925/http://templesinaidc.org/Events/index.cfm?id=5822&pge_prg_id=8406&pge_id=0&date=10%2F21%2F2009 . 25 April 2012. 15 November 2018.
  4. News: Rank and File. 19 April 2013. Haaretz. 17 September 2019. en.
  5. Web site: Woman rabbi flies to US to preach aliya. Hebrew Union College — Jewish Institute of Religion. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120403010459/http://huc.edu/newspubs/pressroom/07/7/aliya.shtml. 3 April 2012. 8 November 2011.
  6. News: Reform Movement Celebrates First State-funded Synagogue. Ettinger. Yair. 9 May 2008. Haaretz. 17 September 2019.
  7. Book: Laney Katz Becker. Three Times Chai: 54 Rabbis Tell Their Favorite Stories. 2007. Behrman House, Inc. 978-0-87441-810-1. 81–.
  8. Web site: Yozma's Rabbis. Kehillat Yozma. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111122041225/http://www.yozma.org.il/eng/2rabbi.htm . 22 November 2011.
  9. Web site: Certificates for Graduates of the Life Texts - Talmudic Bibliotherapy Program Presented at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem Ordination and Academic Convocation. 1 November 2010. Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. 23 May 2018.
  10. Web site: “Holy Sparks” Exhibition Celebrates 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate. Debra L.. Eckerling. March 31, 2022. Jewish Journal.
  11. Web site: Holy Sparks: Celebrating Fifty Years of Women in the Rabbinate. HUC.
  12. Web site: VIDEO: HOLY SPARKS – Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate. January 30, 2022. Jewish Art Salon.

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