Valerie Cohen
American Reform rabbi
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Valerie Cohen is an American Reform rabbi.
Rabbi Valerie Cohen | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | Cleveland, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Reform Judaism |
| Position | Rabbi |
| Synagogue | Temple Emanuel Sinai |
| Residence | Holden, Massachusetts |
| Semikhah | 1999 |
Biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Cohen was raised in Florida, where she earned a B.A. in public relations at University of Florida, graduating in 1993.[1] She then studied at Hebrew Union College's Israel, Cincinnati and New York City campuses,[2] where she graduated in 1999[3] and was ordained at Manhattan's Temple Emanuel.[2] That year she joined Temple Israel in Memphis, Tennessee, as assistant rabbi.[2]
In 2003, Beth Israel Congregation of Jackson, Mississippi, hired Cohen as its sole rabbi,[1][2] the "only pulpit rabbi in Jackson".[4] She simultaneously served as the rabbi of Lexington, Mississippi's Temple Beth El.[5]
In 2013, The Forward named Cohen one of its 36 inspiring rabbis.[4][6]
Cohen became rabbi of Temple Emanuel Sinai in Worcester, Massachusetts in 2014.[1][7]