Renee Ginsburg Rabinowitz Wagner | |
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| Born | Renee Ginsburg April 7, 1934 |
| Died | May 19, 2020 |
| Nationality | Belgian, American, Israeli |
| Other names | Renee Wagner |
| Citizenship | United States Israel |
| Education | University of Chicago (MA, PhD) Notre Dame Law School (JD) |
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| Children | 3 Shana Pearl Rabinowitz & Chanina Aaron Rabinowitz |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology, Law |
| Institutions | University of Indiana Colorado College |
Renee Ginsburg Rabinowitz Wagner (April 7, 1934 – May 19, 2020) was an American-Israeli psychologist and lawyer. She was born to an Orthodox Jewish family in Antwerp, Belgium, but fled with her family to the United States in 1941, following the outbreak of World War II, and grew up in New York City. Her parents were Max Charles Ginsburg and Helena Zimmet. She had one brother named Herbert Ginsburg. She earned a doctorate in educational psychology at the University of Chicago, and a Juris Doctor degree at Notre Dame University. She taught psychology at Indiana University, and later served as in-house legal counsel at Colorado College. In 2016, Rabinowitz was included in the BBC 100 Women list of most influential women. In 2017, she successfully sued El Al, after the airline forced her to move her seat on a Newark–Tel Aviv flight at the request of a Haredi Jewish man who refused to sit beside her due to his religious beliefs.