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Dianne Cohler-Esses
Dianne Cohler-Esses, who grew up in New York, is the first Syrian-Jewish woman to become a rabbi. She was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1995. She has since worked as an administrator and educator for many institutions including the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, the Bronfman youth fellowships, the Curriculum Initiative, and the UJA Federation. In 2012, the Jewish community organization Romemu chose her as its new education director. She is married to Larry Cohler-Esses, with whom she has three children: Ayelet, Elichai, and Shira. She lives in New York City on the Upper West Side The Upper West Side (UWS) is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Central Park on the east, the Hudson River on the west, West 59th Street to the south, and West 110th Street to the north. The Upper West .... The art exhibit “Holy Sparks”, which opened in February 2022 at the Heller Museum and the Skirball Museum, ...
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History Of The Jews In Syria
Syrian Jews had predominantly two origins: those who inhabited Syria from early times and the Sephardim who fled to Syria after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 CE. There were large Jewish communities in Aleppo, Damascus, and Qamishli for centuries. In the early 20th century, a large percentage of Syrian Jews emigrated to Israel, the U.S., and Latin America. The largest Syrian-Jewish community is now located in Israel and is estimated to number 80,000. Following the Syrian Civil War and rise of ISIL, the majority of the remaining Jews of Syria have fled to Israel. As of June 2020 there are no known Jews remaining in the country. However, around 20,000 to 22,300 Israeli Jews are living in Israeli settlements on the Golan Heights. The international community recognizes the Golan Heights to be official Syrian territory and widely rejects Israeli military occupation. Second Temple period The tradition of the community ascribes its founding to the time of King David i ...
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Timeline Of Women Rabbis
This is a timeline of women rabbis. * Pre-modern figures ** 1590–1670: Asenath Barzani is considered the first female rabbi of Jewish history by some scholars. ** 1805–1888 Hannah Rachel Verbermacher (the Maiden of Ludmir) was the only independent female Rebbe A Rebbe ( yi, רבי, translit=rebe) or Admor ( he, אדמו״ר) is the spiritual leader in the Hasidic movement, and the personalities of its dynasties.Heilman, Samuel"The Rebbe and the Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism."''Religion and Spiritua ... in the history of Hasidism. ** 1800s?: Malka of Trisk, ''de facto'' leader of a Hasidic community in Trisk.Brayer, M. M. (1986). ''The Jewish Woman in Rabbinic Literature: A Psychohistorical Perspective,'' KTAV Publishing House, pp. 44-45. ** 1800s?-1939: Sarah Horowitz-Sternfeld, known as the Khentshiner Rebbetzin, based in Chęciny, Poland, described as a ''de facto'' Hasidic leader.Goldberg, Renee (1997). "Hasidic women as Rebbes: Fact or fiction?" PhD thesis, Heb ...
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Conservative Women Rabbis
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Syrian Rabbis
Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indigenous elements and the foreign cultures that have come to inhabit the region of Syria over the course of thousands of years. The mother tongue of most Syrians is Levantine Arabic, which came to replace the former mother tongue, Aramaic, following the Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 7th century. The conquest led to the establishment of the Caliphate under successive Arab dynasties, who, during the period of the later Abbasid Caliphate, promoted the use of the Arabic language. A minority of Syrians have retained Aramaic which is still spoken in its Eastern and Western dialects. In 2018, the Syrian Arab Republic had an estimated population of 19.5 million, which includes, aside from the aforementioned majority, ethnic minorities such as ...
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People From The Upper West Side
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Living People
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American Conservative Rabbis
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American People Of Syrian-Jewish Descent
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Siona Benjamin
Siona Benjamin (born 11 December 1960) is an Indian-American artist originally from Mumbai, India and now residing in the New York City area. Background Siona Benjamin (Kasukar) is originally from Bombay, now living in the New York City area. Her signature work as a multicultural artist reflects her background of being brought up Jewish in a predominantly Hindu and Muslim in India. In her paintings, she combines the imagery of her past with the role she plays in America today, making a mosaic of underlying meaning inspired by both Indian miniature paintings and Sephardic icons. She has her first MFA in painting and a second MFA in Theater set design. She has exhibited in the US, Canada, Europe, India, and Asia. Siona has been awarded two Fulbright Fellowships: in Fall 2016, Siona embarked on a new project to take place in Israel titled ''Motherland to Fatherland: Indian Transcultural Jews;'' in 2010-11, Siona was awarded an art project titled ''Faces: Weaving Indian Jewish ...
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Rabbi
A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as '' semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of the rabbi developed in the Pharisaic (167 BCE–73 CE) and Talmudic (70–640 CE) eras, when learned teachers assembled to codify Judaism's written and oral laws. The title "rabbi" was first used in the first century CE. In more recent centuries, the duties of a rabbi became increasingly influenced by the duties of the Protestant Christian minister, hence the title " pulpit rabbis", and in 19th-century Germany and the United States rabbinic activities including sermons, pastoral counseling, and representing the community to the outside, all increased in importance. Within the various Jewish denominations, there are different requirements for rabbinic ordination, and differences in opinion regarding who is recognized as a rabbi. For ex ...
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Upper West Side
The Upper West Side (UWS) is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Central Park on the east, the Hudson River on the west, West 59th Street to the south, and West 110th Street to the north. The Upper West Side is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Hell's Kitchen to the south, Columbus Circle to the southeast, and Morningside Heights to the north. Like the Upper East Side opposite Central Park, the Upper West Side is an affluent, primarily residential area with many of its residents working in commercial areas of Midtown and Lower Manhattan. Similarly to the Museum Mile district on the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side is considered one of Manhattan's cultural and intellectual hubs, with Columbia University and Barnard College located just to the north of the neighborhood, the American Museum of Natural History located near its center, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School located at the sout ...
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Larry Cohler-Esses
Larry Cohler-Esses is an American journalist and political writer. He has worked for the Jewish magazine the Forward. He is married to Dianne Cohler-Esses. Career He joined the staff of the Forward in December 2008. Previously, he served as Editor-at-Large for the Jewish Week ''The Jewish Week'' is a weekly independent community newspaper targeted towards the Jewish community of the metropolitan New York City area. ''The Jewish Week'' covers news relating to the Jewish community in NYC. In March 2016, ''The Jewish We ..., an investigative reporter for the New York Daily News, and as a staff writer for the Jewish Week as well as the Washington Jewish Week. He has written extensively on the Arab-Jewish relations both in the United States and the Middle East. Trip to Iran In August 2015, The Forward received wide attention for reporting from Iran at a charged moment in American politics, as the U.S. Congress was ramping up to a vote on an accord reached the month before to li ...
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