Regina Jones, Born in Berlin, Was The First Woman To Become A Rabbi
She became a rabbi, in 1935, but was killed in Auschwitz in October 1944, and was essentially all but forgotten. In 1972 Sally Priesand was ordained at Hebrew Union College, and was referred to as the “first female rabbi ever,” this fallacy was never corrected, even by Jones’ male colleges, and others who knew better. Only when the Berlin Wall came down, in 1989, and the archives in East Germany were made accessible was the legacy of Regina Jones rediscovered.
Regina Jones, Born in Berlin, Was The First Woman To Become A Rabbi
She became a rabbi, in 1935, but was killed in Auschwitz in October 1944, and was essentially all but forgotten. In 1972 Sally Priesand was ordained at Hebrew Union College, and was referred to as the “first female rabbi ever,” this fallacy was never corrected, even by Jones’ male colleges, and others who knew better. Only when the Berlin Wall came down, in 1989, and the archives in East Germany were made accessible was the legacy of Regina Jones rediscovered.