Tanya Segal
Tanya Segal (born 1957) is the first full-time female rabbi in Poland and the first female rabbi in Czech Republic (Ostrava) http://www.kehila-ostrava.cz/) Prior to her rabbinic post in Czech Republic, Segal was the first female rabbi in Poland. Segal is also a professional theatrical director, actress, singer, and guitar player (GITIS, The State (Russian) Institute of Theatre Arts, M.A. 1987). Biography Segal was born in Russia in 1957. She made Aliyah to Israel in 1990, and was ordained to a rabbi in 2007 at the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem (HUC).  In 2006 her play ''And Her Name Was Heather'' was first performed, at the Hebrew Union College campus; it combines a commentary on the Book of Ruth with the story of American convert Tamar (Heather) Havilio. She also studied at Tel Aviv University, where she produced the master's thesis ''From Zoharic Text to Liturgical Performance: The Role of Weeping in the Performance of Eikha.'' In her both theses diploms she created the ...
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