Einat Ramon

Einat Ramon
Born
Einat Ramon

1959
Jerusalem, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
Occupation(s)Teacher, lecturer
Known forFirst Israeli-born woman rabbi who had left the rabbinate and became Orthodox.

Einat Ramon (born 1959)[1] was the first Israeli-born woman to be ordained as a rabbi.[2] She was also the first woman and the first sabra to head a Conservative rabbinical school, specifically the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary in Jerusalem, where she was dean from 2005 to 2009.[1][3] Since 2011 she no longer identifies as a rabbi, heads the Marpeh training program for spiritual caregivers in Jerusalem, and teaches modern Jewish thought and Jewish feminism at the Schechter Institute.[2]

  1. ^ a b Berman, Daphne (30 June 2006). "Sabra Einat Ramon named to head Masorti's Schechter seminary". Haaretz.
  2. ^ a b Goldstein, Elyse; Diamant, Anita (2008). New Jewish Feminism: Probing the past, forging the future. Jewish Lights Publishing. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-58023-359-0.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference schechter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).