Regina Jonas
Regina Jonas was a Berlin-born Reform rabbi. In 1935, she became the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi. Jonas was murdered in the Holocaust.
Background
- Born in
- Berlin
- Educated at
- Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des JudentumsPrimo-Levi-Gymnasium
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"It is nothing special to see women, it is a matter of being accustomed, it does not excite the fantasies of a man."
"But when it comes to a relaxing of the religious ban in the loosest sense of the word, in which the justification of restricted women from certain religious responsibilities and actions, were quite fi…"
"Many decrees of our sages were withdrawn, as we earlier have seen; particularly concerning this kind of tsni’ut, they lose much of their severity."
"In spite of everything, in dealing with the theme at hand, one must, as is often repeated here, take both the changing times and the sensibilities of earlier times into account."
"If I confess what motivated me, a woman, to become a rabbi, two things come to mind. My belief in God’s calling and my love of humans. God planted in our heart skills and a vocation without asking abo…"
"Their entire work as household “supervisor” is pasken. This is possible for in this area she knows something: no one else can represent her and therefore she had the chance to demonstrate in practice …"
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Timeline
1902
Born
Birth1944
Died
Death
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