Alona Lisitsa
Alona Lisitsa (born 1971)[1] is the first female rabbi in Israel to join a religious council.[2] Although Leah Shakdiel, who was not a rabbi, joined the Yerucham religious council in 1988 after a Supreme Court decision in her favor, no female rabbi had joined a religious council until Lisitsa joined Mevasseret Zion’s in 2012.[3] She was appointed to the council three years before that, but the Religious Affairs Ministry delayed approving her appointment until Israel’s High Court of Justice ordered it to.[4]
Lisitsa was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and is a Reform rabbi.[4][5] She works at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem.[5]
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- ^ "Israeli Youth A. Hehaver - Ohel Jacob Synagogue". 19 August 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Alona Lisitsa – Tags – Forward.com". Blogs.forward.com. 2012-05-28. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ "Female Rabbi Joins the Ultimate Men's Club – The Sisterhood – Forward.com". Blogs.forward.com. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ a b "Female Rabbi Joins the Ultimate Men's Club – The Sisterhood – Forward.com". Blogs.forward.com. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ a b Oster, Marcy (2012-05-16). "Female Reform rabbi seated on Jerusalem suburb's religious council | Jewish Telegraphic Agency". Jta.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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