Aviva Kipen
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Rabbi Aviva Kipen | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | c. 1950 Melbourne, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Reform Judaism |
| Position | Sole rabbi |
| Synagogue | Bentleigh Progressive Synagogue |
| Began | 2001 |
| Ended | 2008 |
Aviva Kipen (c. 1950) is an Australian Reform rabbi and the first Australian woman[a] to receive a rabbinic ordination in the Reform stream of Judaism.[1] She became the sole rabbi of the Bentleigh Progressive Synagogue in 2001[1] before resigning from the congregation in 2008.[2] She has also been a family counselor, theology teacher and a PhD student at the Melbourne College of Divinity.[3] In 2001, she received a Centenary Medal[2] and was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.[4]
