Margit Oelsner-Baumatz
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Margit Oelsner-Baumatz | |
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| Born | 1938 (age 87–88) |
| Alma mater | Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano |
| Occupations | psychologist, educator, rabbi, feminist |
| Known for | rabbinical leadership, feminist activism in Judaism |
| Spouse | Fredy Baumatz |
| Children | 3 |
Margit Oelsner-Baumatz (born 1938) is a psychologist, educator, rabbi, and feminist. Born in Wrocław, Germany, the family emigrated to Argentina to escape the Nazi regime. Though Oelsner was not religiously observant in her youth, she enrolled in Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano, graduating in 1994.
Margit (nickname, "Margarita") Oelsner was born in Wrocław to Werner Oelsner, an electrical engineer, and Edith Chaskel. She described her father as "a German of Jewish descent, of course, who did not speak Hebrew, did not Passover and did not attend the synagogue". During the Second World War, her father wrote to several countries seeking a visa in order to escape the Nazi regime, and, as Argentina was the only one to offer it, the family made their way to Buenos Aires. Here, Margit became "Margarita", lived in Vicente López, and attended public school. She was not religiously observant as a young woman but, at age 14, her father decided she should receive religious education, which was sponsored by Lamroth Hakol, a Jewish community in Florida. A rabbi at Lamroth Hakol encouraged Oelsner to continue her studies.[1] As her father did not want her to have a university education, she then joined B'nai B'rith.
