Dianne Cohler-Esses

Dianne Cohler-Esses, who grew up in New York, is the first Syrian-Jewish woman to become a rabbi.[1][2][3][4][5] She was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1995.[6][7] She has since worked as an administrator and educator for many institutions including CLAL, the Bronfman youth fellowships, the Curriculum Initiative, and the UJA Federation.[8] In 2012, Romemu chose her as its new education director.[3]

She is married with three children, and lives in New York on the Upper West Side.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses". Mechonhadar.org. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  2. 1 2 Dianne Cohler-Esses (2011-05-24). "Connecting the World to Jewish News, Culture, and Opinion". The Jewish Week. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  3. 1 2 "Names First Syrian Jewish Female Rabbi to be Director of Education". Romemu. 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  4. ↑ Cohler-Esses, Dianne (1 January 2003). "A Common Language between East and West". Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. 19 (1): 111–118. doi:10.2307/25002466 (inactive 2016-08-21). JSTOR 25002466 – via JSTOR.
  5. ↑ "Limmud Colorado 2013".
  6. ↑ http://www.mishpacha.org/credits.shtml
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski". Adultjewishlearning.org. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
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