Alona Lisitsa

Alona Lisitsa is the first female rabbi in Israel to join a religious council.[1] Although Leah Shakdiel, who was not a rabbi, joined the Yerucham religious council in 1988 after a Supreme Court decision in her favor, no female rabbi had joined a religious council until Lisitsa joined Mevasseret Zion’s in 2012.[2] She was appointed to the council three years before that, but the Religious Affairs Ministry delayed approving her appointment until Israel’s High Court of Justice ordered it to.[3]

Lisitsa was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and is a Reform rabbi.[3][4] She works at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Alona Lisitsa – Tags – Forward.com". Blogs.forward.com. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. ↑ "Female Rabbi Joins the Ultimate Men's Club – The Sisterhood – Forward.com". Blogs.forward.com. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Female Rabbi Joins the Ultimate Men's Club – The Sisterhood – Forward.com". Blogs.forward.com. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Oster, Marcy (2012-05-16). "Female Reform rabbi seated on Jerusalem suburb’s religious council | Jewish Telegraphic Agency". Jta.org. Retrieved 2013-10-17.