Jody Cohen
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Jody Cohen | |
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| Born | September 21, 1954 |
| Alma mater | Mount Holyoke College (BA) Hebrew Union College (MA) |
| Occupation | Rabbi |
| Employer(s) | Congregation Beth Israel Union for Reform Judaism |
| Known for | First woman rabbi to serve at a Connecticut congregation |
| Movement | Reform Judaism |
| Awards | Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame inductee (1994) |
Jody Cohen (born September 21, 1954) is an American retired rabbi who became the first woman to serve as rabbi for a Jewish congregation in Connecticut. In 1984, she became the first female associate rabbi to serve a Connecticut congregation at Congregation Beth Israel in West Hartford. There she founded Noah's Ark, the first synagogue-run preschool daycare in North America. Cohen went on to serve as solo rabbi at Temple Beth Hillel in South Windsor—another first—from 1989 to 1995.[1][2]
Cohen was an inaugural inductee into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame in 1994.[3]
