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Chava Koster is the first female rabbi ordained from the Netherlands. She was ordained in 1997 at the Academy for Jewish Religion in New York City.

Career

Koster was previously the rabbi of the Village Temple, also known as Congregation B'nai Israel, in New York City, before joining the Village Temple, she was Associate Rabbi at Temple B'nai Abraham in Livingston, New Jersey. In 2010 she was featured in the documentary Kol Ishah: The Rabbi is a Woman, directed by Hannah Heer. In 2010 she was chosen to be the first female rabbi in Sweden; however she withdrew her name for "personal reasons."

In 2024, she became the rabbi of Beit Emanuel, the principal reform congregation in Johannesburg in South Africa.

Personal life

She is the granddaughter of Dutch Holocaust survivors,

See also

• Timeline of women rabbis

References

1. ""Kol Ishah: The Rabbi is a Woman" - a documentary film by Hannah Heer". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
2. ^ "The Rabbi is a Woman". "Kol Ishah. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
3. "Sweden names first female rabbi - The Local". Thelocal.se. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
4. "Female Rabbi Reverses Candidacy For Stockholm Post". Jewishmadison.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
5. Engage with us Beit Emanuel. Retrieved on 4 November 2024
6. Wilentz, Amy (2002-05-06). "How the War Came Home". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2012-09-04.

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Timeline of women rabbis
Pre-modern figures	Bible and Talmud Deborah (1107–1067 BCE) Bruriah (2nd century) Medieval and early modern era Rashi's daughters (11th–12th century) Bat ha-Levi (12th century) Paula Dei Mansi (13th century) Miriam Shapira-Luria (14th century) Fioretta of Modena (1522–1580) Bayla Falk (16th century) Eva Bacharach (1580–1651) Asenath Barzani (1590–1670) Frehat Bat Avraham (d. 1756) Maiden of Ludmir (1805–1888)
Modern figures	Ray Frank (1861–1948) Lily Montagu (1873–1963) Regina Jonas (1902–1944) Tehilla Lichtenstein (1893–1973) Paula Ackerman (1893–1989) Martha Neumark (1904–1981) Avis Clamitz (1908-1991) Helen Levinthal (1910–1989) Sally Priesand (b. 1946) Mimi Feigelson (b. 1963) First ordination by denomination Regina Jonas (Reform, 1935) Sandy Sasso (Reconstructionist, 1974) Lynn Gottlieb (Renewal, 1981) Amy Eilberg (Conservative, 1985) Tamara Kolton (Humanistic, 1999) Sara Hurwitz (Orthodox, 2009)
Alternate rabbinical roles	Yoetzet halacha Toanot Rabniyot
Organisations and midrashot	Women's Rabbinic Network Yeshivat Maharat Matan Women's Institute Midreshet Lindenbaum Nishmat Center Hadran
Category: Women rabbis

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