the story of the first woman rabbi
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Klapheck, Elisa
- Creator
- Axelrod, Toby > (transl.)
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- B6347 - B
- Thesaurus
- religieuze functionarissen, leidinggevende beroepen, joodse vrouwen, jodendom, pioniers, Duitsland, 20e eeuw, biografie
- Description
- Biography of rabbi Regina Jonas (1902-1944), the woman who inspired a new kind of progressive female participation in the Jewish religion. The author shows how Jonas overcame resistance and obstacles from conventional orthodox Jewish institutions to become the first female rabbi in 1935. (Transl. from the German.)