Barbara Aiello

Rabbi Barbara Aiello is the first female rabbi in Italy, as well as Italy's first non-Orthodox rabbi.[1] She was born in Pittsburgh to a family of Italian Jewish origin and was ordained at the Rabbinical Seminary International in New York at the age of 51.[2] In 2005 she conducted the first Passover Seder in Sicily since 1492, when the Jews were expelled.[3] She also founded the Italian Jewish Cultural Center of Calabria and Sinagoga Ner Tamid del Sud (which is the first active synagogue in 500 years in Calabria).[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Pittsburgher is Italy’s first female rabbi". The Jewish Chronicle. 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  2. ↑ "Italian-Americans seek to discover Jewish roots | New Jersey Jewish News". Njjewishnews.com. 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  3. ↑ "Italy’s Only Female Rabbi Digs Up the Country’s Hidden Jewish Roots – Tablet Magazine". Tabletmag.com. 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  4. ↑ Sara Weissman. "Italy’s First Woman Rabbi Searches Out Calabria’s Hidden Jews - Sisterhood –". Forward.com. Retrieved 2015-08-18.

External links

Website: http://rabbibarbara.com/


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