Jacqueline Mates-Muchin

Jacqueline Mates-Muchin, a San Francisco native, is the first Chinese-American rabbi in the world.[1][2] Her mother was second-generation Chinese-American and her father was the son of Austrian Jewish immigrants.[3] She was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 2002.[4] After serving as an assistant rabbi in Buffalo, New York, she joined Temple Sinai in 2005.[5] She was chosen as the first female senior rabbi of Temple Sinai in January 2015.[6] She has four children, aged five, eight, eleven, and thirteen, as of January 2015.[6]

References

  1. ↑ dan pine. "New lecture series in Oakland hopes to generate a better acceptance of Jews of color". jweekly.com.
  2. ↑ "China, Israel and Judaism". shma.com.
  3. ↑ "Tiger Moms tamed by American experience". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  4. ↑ "Shorts: Bay Area". jweekly.com.
  5. ↑ "Clergy: The Rabbis and Cantor of Temple Sinai". Temple Sinai in Oakland, CA.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Temple Sinai has a new senior rabbi". jweekly.com.