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Rabbi Lori Klein
Lori D. Klein is an attorney known for being one of the two first openly lesbian rabbis ordained by the Jewish Renewal movement. Klein and Chaya Gusfield were ordained at the same time in January 2006. Klein serves as an oncology hospital chaplain at Stanford University Medical Center. She was chair of the Board of Directors oALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewalfrom 2009 to 2012. Klein is a Jewish community Activism, activist. She lives in Santa Cruz, California. Klein used to be an attorney, but no longer has an active law license in California. Klein graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1985. See also *Timeline of women rabbis References American Jewish Renewal rabbis Women rabbis University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni LGBT rabbis LGBT people from California American lesbians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Lesbian Jews 21st-century American Jews {{US-rabbi-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish Renewal
Jewish Renewal () is a recent movement in Judaism which endeavors to reinvigorate modern Judaism with Kabbalistic, Hasidic, and musical practices. Specifically, it seeks to reintroduce the "ancient Judaic traditions of mysticism and meditation, gender equality and ecstatic prayer" to synagogue services. It is distinct from the baal teshuva movement of return to Orthodox Judaism. Overview The term "Jewish Renewal" describes "a set of practices within Judaism that attempt to reinvigorate what it views as a moribund and uninspiring Judaism with mystical, Hasidic, musical and meditative practices drawn from a variety of traditional and untraditional, Jewish and other, sources. In this sense, Jewish Renewal is an approach to Judaism that can be found within segments of any of the Jewish denominations". The term also refers to an emerging Jewish movement, the Jewish Renewal movement, which describes itself as "a worldwide, transdenominational movement grounded in Judaism's prophetic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |