Kinneret Shiryon
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Kinneret Shiryon (Hebrew: כנרת שריון; born Sandra Levine, 1955 in the United States)[1][2] is the first female rabbi in Israel.[3] She is the spiritual leader of Kehillat Yozma, Modi'in's Reform congregation, which she helped establish[4] in 1997; Kehillat Yozma is the first non-Orthodox congregation in Israel to receive state funding for its synagogue.[5][6]
1955 (age 70–71)
Kinneret Shiryon | |
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כנרת שריון | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Sandra Levine 1955 (age 70–71) United States |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Ordination | 1981 |
| Jewish leader | |
| Organization | Council of Progressive Rabbis in Israel |
Career
Shiryon was chairwoman of the Council of Progressive Rabbis in Israel (MARAM),[3] as well as one of the rabbis who contributed to the book Three Times Chai: 54 Rabbis Tell Their Favorite Stories. She contributed the story "Challahs in the Ark."[7] She also directed the University Student Outreach programs at UAHC's International Department of Education in Jerusalem.[8]
Shiryon was ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 1981.[9] She and her husband Baruch have four children (Ayelet, Erez, Inbar, and Amichai).[9][8]
The 2022 art exhibit “Holy Sparks”, shown among other places at the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum, featured art about twenty-four female rabbis who were firsts in some way;[10][11] Heddy Breuer Abramowitz created the artwork about Shiryon that was in that exhibit.[12]