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American rabbi (1966–2020)

TitleSenior Rabbi

Born(1966-03-23)March 23, 1966

St. Louis, Missouri

DiedMay 8, 2020(2020-05-08) (aged 54)

NationalityAmerican

Rabbi Sigma Faye Coran
Title	Senior Rabbi
Personal life
Born	(1966-03-23)March 23, 1966 St. Louis, Missouri
Died	May 8, 2020(2020-05-08) (aged 54)
Nationality	American
Spouse	Matthew Kraus
Children	4
Alma mater	Tufts University
Religious life
Religion	Judaism

Rabbi Sigma Faye Coran (March 23, 1966 – May 8, 2020) was Senior Rabbi at Rockdale Temple, Amberley, Ohio.^[1] She was the first woman to serve as the senior rabbi of a Cincinnati area congregation.^[2]

Coran was born in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up in Akron, Ohio.^[1] She studied clinical psychology and biology at Tufts University.^[1] She was ordained at Hebrew Union College.^[1]

Coran served as Assistant Rabbi at Temple Emanuel in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1994 to 1999.^[3] Coran was appointed Senior Rabbi of Rockdale Temple, the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States west of the Allegheny Mountains, on July 1, 2004.^[1] She was the first woman to serve as the senior rabbi of a Cincinnati area congregation.^[2]

She married Rabbi Matthew Kraus with whom she had four children.^[1]

Rabbi Sigma Faye Coran died on May 8, 2020, of metastatic breast cancer.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 May, Lucy (9 May 2020). "Pioneering Rockdale Temple Rabbi Sigma "Sissy" Faye Coran has died". WCPO-TV. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
1 2 "Pioneering Rockdale Temple Rabbi Sigma "Sissy" Faye Coran has died". WCPO. May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
↑ Francus, Yoseff (May 14, 2020). "Rabbi Sigma "Sissy" Faye Coran: Rabbi, teacher, mother, wife". American Israelite. Retrieved May 15, 2020.

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