Podcast appearances and mentions of regina jonas

Ce mois-ci, dans Les Fabuleux Destins, nous mettons en lumière des femmes oubliées de l'histoire et, à l'occasion du Podcasthon, nous souhaitions vous parler de l'association Rêv'Elles. Depuis 2013, Rêv'Elles inspire, accompagne et encourage les jeunes femmes des quartiers populaires à s'épanouir, tant sur le plan personnel que professionnel. À travers ses différents programmes, l'association aide les jeunes femmes de 14 à 20 ans à gagner en confiance, à construire leur projet d'avenir et à développer leur pouvoir d'agir au sein d'une communauté solidaire, portée par les valeurs de sororité et de bienveillance. Pour en savoir plus et soutenir Rêv'Elles, retrouvez le lien en description. Bonne écoute ! La première rabbine de l'histoire  Berlin, 1935. Regina Jonas défie les traditions et demande son ordination en tant que rabbin. Malgré l'opposition, elle devient la première femme à porter ce titre. Mais l'Histoire bascule. Déportée à Theresienstadt, puis à Auschwitz, elle refuse de se taire, apportant espoir et enseignement jusqu'à son dernier souffle. Oubliée, puis redécouverte, son nom éclaire aujourd'hui la voie des femmes rabbins à travers le monde. Pour découvrir d'autres récits passionnants, cliquez ci-dessous : [Les oubliées de l'histoire] Valentina Terechkova, la première femme dans l'espace [Les oubliées de l'histoire] Madame de Staël, la femme qui défia Napoléon [Les oubliées de l'histoire] Sophie Scholl, l'héroïne de la Résistance allemande [Les oubliées de l'histoire] Joséphine Baker, du ghetto américain au Panthéon Un podcast Bababam Originals Ecriture : Clémence Setti  Production : Bababam Voix : Florian Bayoux En apprendre plus sur l'association : https://revelles.org/presentation/ Lien direct pour faire un don : https://revelles.org/nous-soutenir/#don Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The streets and parks and monuments of Berlin reveal all kinds of Jewish stories – including those of women who were pioneers and innovators in a vast breadth of fields. Join us to hear about their stories as we return ‘herstory' to Jewish history as we walk Berlin.Links for further reading:The Literary Salons Of Berlin Petra Wilhelmy-Dollinger traces the history of Berlin's salon culture from the 18th-20th century…Hannah Arendt Stephen J. Whitfield tells the story of one of the leading intellectuals of the Twentieth Century.As a Burning Flame: The Dream of Regina Jonas by Noa Mishkin A graphic novel exploring the life and impact of the first female ordained rabbi in Ashkenazi Jewish history.Wandering Jews - Famous Jewish Women – A Google Map A number of sites in Berlin connected with famous Jewish women who have played key roles in writing the history of Berlin and the Jewish 'herstory' in modern times. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

National Watermelon day.  Entetainment from 1967.  First crop dusting flown, Columbus set sail on first voyage, President Rondald Reagan fired all the air traffic controllers.  Todays birthdays - Ernie Pyle, Regina Jonas, Tony Bennett, Martin Sheen, Martha Stewart, John C. McGinley, James Herfield, Evangeline Lilly.  Lenny Bruce died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard    https://defleppard.com/Watermelon - the KiboomersLight my fire - The DoorsI'll never find another you - Sonny JamesWatermelon crawl - Tracy ByrdBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent    https://www.50cent.com/The lady is a tramp - Tony Bennett and Lady GaGaEnter sandman - MetallicaExit - Its not love - dokken    https://www.dokken.net/Picture today is of Regina JonasFollow Jeff Stampka on facebook and Cooolmedia.com 

This is a follow-up to the Viktor Ullman episode, recorded in August 2022(link at end). Again - I am fortunate to interview Mark Ludwig (Director of the Terezin Music Foundation) and learn about the women at Terezin and their role in the music and the arts at this concentration camp. Though Terezín's male composers — Gideon Klein, Viktor Ullmann, Hans Krása and others — are well known, many outstandingly talented women were at the epicenter of the camp's cultural community as well.  In this episdoe we will learn about the life and artistry of poet and composer Ilse Weber and about how she and women like Regina Jonas, who was the first ordained woman rabbi, and Bauhaus artist Friedl Dicker-Brandeis helped their fellow prisoners transcend the horrors of Terezín. There were also the singers, pianists, and educators who comforted and enriched life within the walls of this concentration camp. Two images of the artwork from the children in Terezin will be posted at the podcast website, in the Viktor Ullman page (link). Podcast website:- link - or www.peoplehiddeninhistory.comTwitter/X and Instagram:  @phihpodTerezin Music Foundation - LinkLinks to Vicktor Ullman podcast episode (Aug 2022):BuzzsproutApple

National watermelon day. Entertainment in 2005. Columbus set sail on 1st voyage, Source of Nile river found, 1st crop dusting. Todays birthdays - Ernie Pyle, Regina Jonas, Tony Bennett, Martin Sheen, Martha Stewart, John C. McGinley, James Heffield, Evangelina Lilly. Lenny Bruce died.https://coolcasts.cooolmedia.com/show/history-factoids-about-today/Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard http://defleppard.com/Watermeolon song - KiboomersWe belong together - Mariah CareyAs good as I once was - Toby KeithBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent http://50cent.com/Because of you - Tony BennettEnter sandman - MetallicaExit - It's not love - Dokken http://dokken.net/

Regina Jonas (1902-1944) asked a short, but important question: Can women serve as rabbis? She dedicated her life to proving that the answer to that question was 'Yes.'You're probably familiar with rebels without a cause, but what about rebels with a cause? This month on Womanica, we're talking about women who broke rules that were meant to be broken. From the “Godmother of Title IX” Bernice Sandler, to the most prominent figure of the People Power Revolution, Corazon Aquino, to the “Queen of Civil Rights” Ruby Hurley, these women took major risks to upend the status quo and create meaningful change. History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn't help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should.Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we'll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more.  Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures. Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Liz Smith, Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Lindsey Kratochwill, Adesuwa Agbonile, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Ale Tejeda, Sara Schleede, Abbey Delk, and Alex Jhamb Burns. Special thanks to Shira Atkins. Original theme music composed by Miles Moran.Follow Wonder Media Network:WebsiteInstagramTwitter

Join Allyson and Tiffany in this week's episode as they discuss Utah parents accusing an athlete of being transgender, a way to reframe the temple experience, Buxom lip balm, and as always, share a spotlight of an insipiring sister.     Current Event/News Story:  Utah parents investigate whether girl is transgender   Main Topic:  Freemasonry and the LDS temple endowment ceremony from the church website  Connections between Freemasonry and LDS temple 1. Similarities between Egyptian and LDS temples 2. Similarities between Egyptian and LDS temples Favorite Things:  Tiffany 1. 2. 3. Allyson 1. Asian Cucumber sauces  2. Maya Angelou's classic, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings  3. Buxom lip balm    Inspiring Sister Spotlight:  Regina Jonas  

Die erste Rabbinerin der Welt war die Berlinerin Regina Jonas. Während der Weimarer Republik war Deutschland ein Zentrum des liberalen Judentums, hier konnte auch eine Frau als Rabbinerin arbeiten – bis die Nationalsozialisten kamen.

Die erste Rabbinerin der Welt war die Berlinerin Regina Jonas. Während der Weimarer Republik war Deutschland ein Zentrum des liberalen Judentums, hier konnte auch eine Frau als Rabbinerin arbeiten - bis die Nationalsozialisten kamen. Autor: Heiner Wember Von Heiner Wember.

I discovered this picture book, Regina Persisted when recently reading the Hadassah magazine. Regina Persisted, An Untold Story written by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and illustrated by Margeaux Lucas is a wonderful book that tells the heroic story of Regina Jonas. The story begins when Regina was a child and dreamed of being a rabbi. She had many obstacles that held her back. In one part of the book, one of her professors told her "Stop trying to be a rabbi. You won't be-not now, not ever."  Regina's dream came true in 1935 when she passed the test and became a rabbi. She officially was hired as a rabbi in 1937. In 1944, Regina was taken to a concentration camp and killed and her story was not told till now. This is why I wanted to share this story on my website so other children and adults can know all about Regina Jonas and how she helped pave the way for other women to become rabbis.  She is important in Jewish history.  To learn more about Rabbi Sandy, visit my website here.

On this week's 51%, we continue our series talking to women religious leaders. Rabbi Debora Gordon discusses how music can help build connection and community. And we also speak with soferet Julie Seltzer about the art of writing and transcribing holy Jewish texts. Guests: Rabbi Debora Gordon, Congregation Berith Sholom; Julie Seltzer, STAM Scribes 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's produced by Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is "Lolita" by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Follow Along You're listening to 51%, a WAMC production dedicated to women's issues and experiences. Thanks for tuning in, I'm Jesse King. This week, we continue our series speaking to women religious leaders, and celebrate the different ways that women worship - particularly across faiths that may be traditionally male-led. Our first guest today has been the rabbi at Troy, New York's Congregation Berith Sholom for almost 25 years. Rabbi Debora Gordon, aka “Reb Deb,” has been hard at work bringing renovations to Berith Sholom (the congregation currently resides in the state's oldest building in continuous use as a synagogue), and she's been brushing up on her technical knowledge to keep members connected with hybrid services during the coronavirus pandemic. At the time of our conversation, the delta and omicron variants of COVID-19 were on the rise ahead of the holiday season — so you'll notice that I kept my mask on as we met in person. But Gordon was eager to share the ways her congregation has come together during these pandemic times. She says female rabbis aren't uncommon nowadays, especially in progressive, Reform congregations like hers. But she found herself on the path toward becoming a rabbi before that was the case, at a young age. She says she got into it for the community. What made you want to become a rabbi? It started out that when I was at a Jewish summer camp. I was just a little bit more interested in the ritual part of things. And, you know, celebrating Shabbat, Sabbath, or any other of the Jewish pieces. I mean, we were 12, maybe, [and people were saying], "Are you going to be a rabbi when you grow up?" And the funny thing is that, aside from Regina Jonas, who was ordained in the 1930s, in Berlin, and didn't survive the war, the first woman was ordained a rabbi in 1972. So this would have been like '74/'75. None of us had probably ever met a woman rabbi. The funny thing is that it never occurred to us that I couldn't be a rabbi. As I got into college, I discovered that one of my skills, just because of the home I was raised in, was leading services with a lot of music, integrating music and words, and nurturing the community that way. And I had to decide, actually, cantor or rabbi? And while music was my first way in, what I decided was, "Rabbis talk, cantors sing." Which is super simplified, [but] I had things to say. Over time, it turns out that I have all kinds of skills that nurture community. What's an example of a song that you particularly like? Well, besides the fact that there are 100 million of them. So here's one that I reintroduced on Friday night. I don't know why it came back into my head after several years of not being around, but it's the last line of the book of Psalms. At the end, there's "Hallelujah," so you say "jah" at the end. That's a name for God. That's like a breath, right? You're supposed to actually pronounce that "jah," sound at the end. So it goes: [Gordon singing Halelu] But what's really magical about [that song]? That tune was created by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who is Pakistani, I think. But someone, possibly Jewish contemporary Jewish songwriter Craig Taubman, brought together this Sufi chant, and these words — because the original words were "Allahu," so invoking God, by the name of Allah, which is a cognate, to the Hebrew "Eloah," and just means God. So besides the power of the music, and the words themselves, is this connection. Intercultural connection. You said that you had things to say, and that you wanted to help nurture this community. What are some of those messages that you were hoping to get out there? Well, I can't tell you what my messages were when I was 24, because I don't particularly remember. But at the core of my life, as well as my rabbinate, is a two-word phrase from Genesis chapter one, where it talks about humanity being created in God's image. Now, I am not taking that in any literal, physical way. And the whole stories of the Torah, to me, they are our sacred stories — but that's not a comment on their historicity. It doesn't matter to me if they happened that way or not. What matters to me is that these are the stories that nurture our community. And this idea that every human being is created of infinite worth, and infinite possibility. That's, to me, the basis for the radical assertion of justice. I am not personally much of an activist, politics is not my thing. Community organizing, [well], I'm an introvert, there's only so much that I can do with people before I have to recharge by myself. But I can use the stories and the teachings of a 3,000-or-more year tradition to leverage community action, individual action, to bring hope. It's a lot of what I've been doing the last two years: helping people stay connected to each other, providing perspective, reminding people that we are hoping to be post-pandemic at some point. And that our pre-pandemic, like normal life, was post the last pandemic. So of course, this one's going to come to an end at some point. Describe for me what your services are like here, especially during COVID. Well, during COVID, as you can see, we have chairs spaced apart, we've been requiring masks, and mostly people are attending online. But it's important to me that we do it over Zoom, so that it remains interactive. And the singing, the loss of singing has been one of the hardest things — but let me tell you about the high holiday services. So the first year, they were entirely virtual. Our choir director, Dan Foster, is also a tech wizard. He wasn't sitting at a keyboard [during those services], he was at two different Mac computers. And I was up front, but we leaned into the medium, right? And over the summer, he brought choir members in one at a time and made some of those "Brady Bunch" or "Hollywood Squares" [music videos], depending on your generation. He made music videos of some of the most beautiful pieces. [Berith Sholom Choir singing V'Shamru by Elliot Z. Levine] And we hired a congregant who's a videographer, whose work had been affected by COVID, to put together a nature montage. With the choir singing in the background, [we had] that quiet time with beautiful images on the screen, and people writing things in the chat, and adding names for healing in the chat, and names of people they were remembering for the memorial prayer in the chat. In terms of bringing people together, it's allowed us to remain a community. Aside from COVID, one thing I've been asking people is: what are some of the opportunities and obstacles facing your religion as a whole right now, or your congregation? You know, it's not how I look at the world. I see people, and in particular, young people, looking for meaning. And if you as a religious community can be real, and meet people where they are and with what they need, then people want to be there. Then you're offering something, then they become you, right? And this is something that this congregation has been really good at. I mean, when I arrived, it was already a welcoming congregation. There were gay and lesbian members, which in 1997, was not nearly so common as it is today. Today, there are a lot of young, trans folks who are either interested in becoming Jewish, or who were raised Jewish and really don't know if there's a place for them in the community. And I guess we have a reputation out there, because that's a lot of the young people that I see. The challenge is to be our best selves. The challenge is to have faith. But this is not faith in God, this is faith in humanity, in the future, in the reality that the principles and ethics and values that we prize are worth sticking to, even when it seems like it's going to be not to your advantage. There's a reason that they are ethics and morals and values, and you find out what they really are when it's tough. I'll give you a quick example. This year is the Jewish Shmita year — it's the seventh year in a seven-year agricultural society in which land was left fallow, debts were remitted, and indentured servants came to the end of their indenture. This is all laid out in Deuteronomy. I think only the land and maybe the debt part is still followed among some Jews in Israel — and I should say Israel-Palestine, because that's important to me. So we studied about it last year, and the congregant who organized that study decided she wanted to organize a loan to the community loan fund this fall, which would then be immediately forgiven. In other words, it was a donation, rather than an investment loan, which is what they usually do. And you could approach that, from a synagogue leadership perspective, two ways. You could say, "Oh, my God, if we're asking people to donate money somewhere else, that's going to take money away from us." Or you could say, "Encouraging generosity, encouraging people to live their values, will encourage people to value the synagogue as well." Which was the response of our leadership, and we ended up making an over $3,000 donation. So that's, that's an example of [why] I can't answer your question about problems, because challenges are opportunities. I'm not an eternal optimist in the sense that I believe everything's going to turn out all right. But I am a person with hope. And it's not just based on feelings, it's based on, hello, Jews have been here for over 3,000 years — whatever it is, we've seen it before. And there may be personal suffering, and people may die. I mean, we're in the middle of a pandemic, and we are, I hope, still in the middle of a reckoning with systemic racism. It's not that everything's OK. But we will get through this. Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me. Is there anything that I'm missing that you'd like me to know? Well, you wanted to know about specifically being a female religious leader. I think as a lesbian, I navigate the world a little different than straight women. My assumptions about what my relationship is going to be — to both men and women and non binary people — is different than many heterosexual women. I think that sometimes my congregation has looked at me with expectations they might not have had of a male rabbi, in terms of bending over backwards to be understanding and compassionate. I'm not entirely sure, because I don't tend to lead by setting boundaries, and tend to lead collaboratively. But it's not that men don't do that, so it's hard for me to say this is because I'm female, even though I feel it. But I think that on the occasions where I've deviated from that, it's probably come as something of a shock. For people who are interested in participating in a service over Zoom or in person, what are the details? What should they know? They should know that this is a warm and welcoming and friendly congregation. The service is a combination of Hebrew and English. If you're going to be in person, we ask that you register ahead of time. Anybody's welcome on Zoom. But also know if you're coming from a really short Protestant service — Friday night services are usually an hour and a quarter. High holiday services are two and a half, Yom Kippur mornings, probably three, Rosh Hashana morning may also be three. You know, I try to keep it moving. I try and make it something that speaks to people and touches them. But you're not talking about being in and out in 45 minutes for a Jewish service, at least not here. Our next guest says she worships through inward reflection and quiet work. Julie Seltzer, from Beacon, New York, is part of the “Stam Scribes,” a collective of progressive, Jewish scribes from around the world. The Stam Scribes are some of just a few women to claim the title “soferet” worldwide. With a quill and ink, they patiently and artfully transcribe the various religious texts needed for holy rituals and prayers. While Seltzer says she grew closer to her Jewish faith and learned Hebrew at a young age, she came to the craft almost unexpectedly. What made you want to become a scribe? In terms of what got me interested in the scribal arts, I was living and working at a Jewish retreat center when my mother was diagnosed with late-stage cancer. And it was a few months before she died, that this idea seemingly out of nowhere popped in my head, that I wanted to learn the art of sacred Hebrew calligraphy. I always loved Hebrew. And I was already involved in Jewish practice, I even chanted from the Torah on the Sabbath — the Torah being one of the objects that is handwritten by a scribe. But I really had never given much thought to who wrote them, and what that process was even like. At that time, facing mortality in a way that was very close to me, I think I was drawn to a practice that was about transmission from one generation to the next. It's also a practice that demands a certain quiet that I think I was craving at that moment in time. So I just decided to start learning. I found what I could find on the internet and took it from there. Can you tell me a little bit about why scribes are important? I think it's fascinating, and learning about this, I was surprised that you can't just go and pick up a printed copy of something. Right, exactly. A lot of people don't realize that the Torah is written by hand, along with some other sacred objects. Of course, the Torah is also printed, and we learn from printed copies, but the handwritten copy is what is chanted from as part of the ritual of reading the Torah out loud in a synagogue space. I'm technically what's called a soferet STAM. STAM is an acronym that stands for the objects that we're trained to write: a sefer Torah, that is the scroll of the Torah; tefillin, which are religious objects, these small boxes that are wrapped around the head and the arm, and inside the boxes are small handwritten scrolls, sections from the Torah; and also a mezuzah, which is parts of the Torah that comprise most of a Jewish prayer called the Shema. And those are placed in small boxes, and on the doorposts. You may have seen a small rectangular box on the door of a Jewish home. The other thing that's written by hand, by a scribe, is the book of Esther, which is read on the holiday of Purim. You mentioned that you learned a lot of how to do it online. But what was that process? Like? How long does it take to master this craft? I was really a beginner, I had never even done any calligraphy in my life. Pretty early on, about a couple months in, I found a teacher by the name of Jen, and I started to learn with Jen weekly. What we did was we both learned the technicalities of the practice, that is, the calligraphy, because it's traditional to write with a reed or a feather with liquid ink. And the other aspect is I had to learn all of the rules for how this is done. Because it's not just the calligraphy, it's a whole series of traditions about how one goes about it. So for example, the scribe sets an intention, before they even start writing, that they're writing for the sake of the sanctity of that object. They're not writing for any other reason, and their attention is focused on the writing. This is for radio, so unfortunately we can't watch as you write, but help me visualize the process a little bit. How long does a typical piece take? Sure, so it really depends what you're writing. The mezusah, that will take a day or half a day to complete. But a Torah will take much longer. The Torah has over 300,000 letters in it. It takes at least a year, it takes me a year and a half. To be honest, maybe I'm just a slower writer than others, but between the writing and the proof reading — these days, there's even a computer program that checks a Torah for mistakes, and then you can go back and fix any errors, because once it's in use it can't have any errors in it. If it has mistakes, then those mistakes need to be fixed within a certain amount of time. You're doing it in ink, right? So if you make a mistake, do you have to go start from the beginning? There's no delete button, and white out would would not look so good, so the way that mistakes are corrected is that the ink, once it's dry, is scraped off. And then you can rewrite the letter. You would never be in a situation where you have to start the whole thing over. The very worst case scenario would be that you would have to write one of the sheets over. The Torah is written on separate sheets of parchment of animal skin, and the sheets are stitched together. So in one of the classic layouts, there are 62 sheets that are sewn together. So if I made a major error in one of those sheets, I would have to rewrite the sheet. So a major error would be something like I skipped a line and didn't realize it, and you can't scratch off an entire column because it would look terrible. And we also take forever, so you would really have to write that section over — but most mistakes can be fixed. Something that's interesting, a tradition that we have, is if there's a letter, but it might look a little too much like another letter, you ask a child. And if the child correctly identifies the letter, then the letter is good, it's fine. They make the determination. I like that. I think that's cool. What's the hardest part when you're doing these? Are there letters that are more difficult than others? Are there particular items that are tricky? Yeah, there are definitely letters that are more complicated than others. For example, the letter shin has three different elements and [they're] kind of curved, but also straight, so it it's a little bit more difficult to make them than some basic letters, say a dalet, which has a roof and a leg. And in terms of overall projects, I don't think there's any one object that's more difficult to write than another, except that mezuzahs and tefillin are often written in very, very small print, and that makes it challenging. They also happen to have an additional rule, the rule being that all the letters have to be written in order. So if you wrote the Mezuzah and then found an earlier mistake, you can't actually correct it, because you will be writing that letter after all the letters that have already been written, which is not permitted. So you have to be paying extra close attention when you're writing one of those objects. Is it becoming more accepted for women to become scribes? I wouldn't say it's common, but I would say it's growing. We have, actually, a group of a women who work together, share resources, and are very much connected, especially in this digital age. And we're all over the world. But we're still a very small group. I mean, I personally know basically all of us, it would be unusual to hear that there is a woman that I didn't know about somewhere in the world, though it has happened, and there is starting to be more and more women who are learning. But I have to say it's still quite unusual. Scribes learn from another scribe, so you have a teacher, and in the past the most common scenario was a father teaching his son. There is a school in Jerusalem, but women are not actually allowed to go to the school. So in traditional circles, the writings that we create are not accepted, for the most part, as kosher in the Orthodox world. So it's complicated. And in fact, Jen, the teacher that I first found — when I looked around for a teacher, everyone was giving me the same couple of names because there were barely any people willing to teach a woman, and there were barely any women who had learned and who were able to teach. In fact, Jen is the first woman that we know of to write a Torah roll. She finished her first Torah in 2007. Do you have a favorite passage or story that you'd like to share with listeners? Wow. They're like babies, you can't choose a favorite. But you know, in different moments of my life, I've been drawn to different sections of the Torah. When I was first starting out, I loved a section in Numbers. And the reason I loved it is because it repeated itself. It was like 12 paragraphs that essentially are the same exact thing, with slight differences in the names of the people. And I loved it, because I could practice and get better at it each time. Now, I might say, this part gets a little dry. But I tend to be drawn to the earlier, narrative stories — especially the story of Joseph, who is enslaved in Egypt, but then over the years is appointed second in command to the Pharaoh. I think I like the drama. My background is actually theater, I studied theater in college. And so I just love those intense, emotional moments. Joseph, his father thinks that he's dead, and he finds out so many years later that he's alive, and he gets to see his son. And for Joseph, he was betrayed by his brothers. I mean, he didn't behave so well to them, but still they betrayed him, sold him. And that moment of forgiveness and reunification is really emotionally beautiful and poignant. How would you say being a scribe has shaped your outlook or your understanding of your faith? I think a lot of people are searching for something meaningful, and I think Judaism has a lot to offer in this realm. And there's no neutral way to be in the world, right? We're always experiencing it through a particular lens. And I think the Jewish lens — not that there's one Jewish lens, but the way that I experience it — Judaism is marked by the weekly cycle and the yearly cycle of holidays. And for me, this really helps mark time in a way that the secular calendar doesn't quite do it for me, and it helps provide some structure and meaning to my life. I hope that Judaism will evolve the way that language evolves, kind of naturally through its continued use, and everything that's in use changes, right? The religion is not meant to be a museum piece, frozen in time. But these texts, these core texts, like the Torah, I do hope will stay intact. Because the Torah is like the shared conversation piece, right? Think of it kind of like a book club: you need to anchor the discussion, you need the thing that you're all talking about. And I think this is much of what Judaism is and can be, a conversation, like a fascinating discussion across time and space. That's a wrap on this week's episode of 51%. 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's produced by me, Jesse King. Our Executive Producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is “Lolita” by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Thanks to Rabbi Deb Gordon and Julie Seltzer for taking the time to speak with me for this week's episode. We'll continue our series speaking to women religious leaders next week. Until then, I'm Jesse King for 51%.

For years, the story of Regina Jonas was lost to the world. Then, in the 90s, scholars began to discover this woman of extraordinary talent and ambition. In this episode of "On The Holocaust" we focus on the fate of the Jewish community in Germany through the remarkable story of Regina Jonas, the first female rabbi, whose life was taken in Auschwitz, but whose place in Jewish history is no longer forgotten.Featured guest: Guy Miron, Professor of History and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Open University of Israel

For years, the story of Regina Jonas was lost to the world. Then, in the 90s, scholars began to discover this woman of extraordinary talent and ambition. In this episode of "On The Holocaust" we focus on the fate of the Jewish community in Germany through the remarkable story of Regina Jonas, the first female rabbi, whose life was taken in Auschwitz, but whose place in Jewish history is no longer forgotten.Featured guest: Guy Miron, Professor of History and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Open University of Israel

TRIBUTO: HISTORIAS QUE CONSTRUYEN MEMORIA DE LA SHOÁ, CON CECILIA LEVIT – Regina Jonás nació en Berlín el 3 de agosto de 1902, provenía de una familia judía ortodoxa, compuesta por su hermano Abraham y sus padres Wolf y Sarah Jonas. En 1935, en Berlín, Regina Jonas se convirtió en la primera mujer rabino ordenada en la historia y como tal, ofreció no solo orientación espiritual, sino también apoyo compasivo, asesoramiento y esperanza para aliviar el sufrimiento de los judíos perseguidos y desesperados de la Alemania nazi. Fue deportada al gueto de Theresienstadt y en octubre de 1944 asesinada en las cámaras de gas de Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Rabbinerin Regina Jonas - eine Pionierin und Vorreiterin. Lange war Regina Jonas so gut wie vergessen. Aber es gibt jetzt in den Geschäften ein Buch über sie und ihre Nachfolgerinnen.

contada por Reb Uri Lam para a filha. Do livro Regina Persisted.

We celebrate the last day of Hanukkah with the first of our two-part dive into Judaism and our first episode with an ordained woman! Rabbi Carrie shares how questioning and conversation is fundamental to the faith. Since I have not even thought to question my religion until now, I see great merit in instilling this curiosity from a young age.

In den großen Weltreligionen wird Frauen eine untergeordnete Rolle zugewiesen. Als Helferinnen und Gemeindemitglieder sind sie hoch willkommen, hohe und einflussreiche Ämter bleiben ihnen allerdings meist verwehrt. Im Judentum war das lange auch so. Und dann kam Regina Jonas. Schon als junges Mädchen wünschte sie sich nichts mehr als den Beruf der Rabbinerin. In ihrer Ausbildung an der Berliner „Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums“ fand sie Unterstützung. 1935 war sie am Ziel ihrer Träume, sie wurde zur weltweit ersten Rabbinerin ordiniert. In den nächsten Jahren reist sie kreuz und quer durch Deutschland zu jüdischen Gemeinden, deren Rabbis deportiert worden waren. Dann wird sie selbst verhaftet und in Auschwitz ermordet. Mit: Ulrike Bieritz, Redaktionsleiterin Gesellschaft & Religion beim Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg und Elisa Klapheck, Rabbinerin in Frankfurt am Main und Professorin am Zentrum für Komparative Theologie und Kulturwissenschaften, Universität Paderborn Bücher: Elisa Klapheck: "Regina Jonas - Die weltweit erste Rabbinerin" Hentrich & Hentrich, 64 Seiten, Broschur, 16 Abbildungen, 8,90 Euro Elisa Klapheck: "Fräulein Rabbiner Jonas - Kann die Frau das rabbinische Amt bekleiden?" Hentrich & Hentrich, 325 Seiten, Hardcover, 10 Abbildungen, 20 Euro

I hear that Oprah something called a "book club," so I figured if it was good enough for Oprah, it's good enough for Snarky Faith. Join us today, as we talk about some interesting gems that you may have missed.  We'll talk about books, politics, and the Christian Crazy too. I'll even throw in a chat with author and artist, David Hayward, aka The Naked Pastor about his new book. Buckle up, it's going to be a wild and fun ride.   Books featured in this episode:   Til Doubt Do Us Part by David Hayward If changing beliefs are changing your marriage, you need to read this book where David Hayward speaks into the strain that deconstruction can cause in a marriage.  For those of us who have had huge faith shifts, this is like a roadmap to those tough, but necessary conversations that need to happen.    Holy Troublemakers & Unconventional Saints by Daneen Akers "Holy Troublemakers & Unconventional Saints" is an illustrated children's book about people of diverse faiths working for more love and justice in their corners of the world, even when that means rocking the religious boat. With original portraits from more than two dozen artists and engaging profiles of people from different faiths and different eras, these are stories that inspire, educate, challenge, and encourage. Some of the people featured in this book are well known, like the beloved St. Francis of Assisi (a favorite of Hufflepuffs everywhere for his love of animals), who gave up a wealthy inheritance to serve the poor, Rumi, the Sufi poet, and Thich Nhat Hanh the beloved teacher who developed the concept of engaged Buddhism. Some are well known, but the deep faith motivating their work is lesser-known, such as Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightingale, and Mr. Rogers. Others are less known such as Bayard Rustin, an American Quaker whose role in the civil rights movement of the 1960s is often downplayed because he was a gay man; Maryam Molkara, an Iranian Muslim transgender rights advocate; and Regina Jonas, the first female rabbi to be ordained whose story was almost lost to history.   The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler by John Hendrix A 2018 Society of Illustrators Gold Medal Winner! Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party is gaining strength and becoming more menacing every day. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor upset by the complacency of the German church toward the suffering around it, forms a breakaway church to speak out against the established political and religious authorities. When the Nazis outlaw the church, he escapes as a fugitive. Struggling to reconcile his faith and the teachings of the Bible with the Nazi Party’s evil agenda, Bonhoeffer decides that Hitler must be stopped by any means possible! Come along for the ride as we skewer through life, culture, and spirituality in the face of a changing world. Www.Snarkyfaith.com

12ter Dezember 1944 - Heute vor 75 Jahren ist im KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau die Berlinerin Regina Jonas umgekommen. Das Erbe der weltweit ersten Frau, die zur Rabbinerin ordiniert wurde.

Regina Jonas fought against the norm and , backed by her family, became a spiritual leader in troubled times. Film director Keith Farrell tells Ed Horwich about his latest movie project, the dramatisation of a young woman's struggle against the odds to become the first Woman Rabbi, in pre-war Germany.

Berlin-born Regina Jonas became in 1935 the first woman ordained as a rabbi. After her deportation to Theresienstadt she continued her communal work. She later was murdered in Auschwitz. For years, her story was untold. KAN's Naomi Segal heard more from Rabbi and Professor Dalia Marx of the Hebrew Union College, and author of "About Time: Journeys in the Jewish-Israeli Calendar." (Photo: Wikipedia)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's show is about Rabbi Regina Jonas. Try to imagine being the first person in the world to do something. Anything. What would that be? The reason why I ask you to try and find a place in your mind that puts you in front of everybody else and says, everybody else, in the world, is wrong, and I am right!! That includes not only the people I don't know, on the other side of the world, that I've never met, don't necessarily respect, but even the people that I respect the most. Even my mother, even my father. They're wrong too, and I am right. The first female rabbi in the world was Rabbi Regina Jonas from Berlin, Germany. This story is interesting on a few different levels. One is what I'm talking about now. Regina was a teacher, and then she went on to study at the Academy for the Science of Judaism. She graduated, and her position then was an Academic Teacher of Religion. Not a rabbi, but that's not what she wanted. Regina, our heroine! Wanted to be a rabbi. So she went ahead and wrote a thesis, which is a requirement if you want to be ordained. The subject of her thesis was: “Can a Woman be a Rabbi According to Halachic Sources?” Her conclusion, based on biblical, Talmudic, and rabbinical sources was: Yes, and therefore, she should have been ordained!! Clever, but not enough. The professors there refused to ordain her. Regina then applied to Rabbi Leo Baeck, the spiritual leader of the German Jewry at the time, who was her teacher also. He refused. But our Regina Jonas was persistent! Not taking no for an answer! A more liberal rabbi, Max Dienemann, in Offenbach, who was the head of the Liberal Rabbis Association ordained Regina Jonas on December 27, 1935!! YOOHOO!!! The next part of Regina's story is very sad. Of course, Germany in the 1930's was the rise of the Third Reich. Many Rabbis of Germany fled, left, which enabled Regina, funnily enough, to finally be able to have her congregation, because up to that point, she didn't. But not for long. She was forced to a labor factory, then in 1942 arrested and deported to Theresienstadt. In the concentration camp, she continued her rabbinical work. She was there for two years before being deported to Auschwitz, and murdered in December of 1944 at the age of 42 years old. How do we know about her story? We didn't! It was widely thought that the first ordained female rabbi was Sally Jane Priesand from the US in 1972. After the fall of the Berlin wall, Regina Jonas's files were found in an obscure archive in East Berlin. She had left there a few of her papers, two photographs of herself. That's it. A short documentary film was made to record the trip to Germany to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Regina Jonas's death. Gail Reimer directed it, it's called “In The Footsteps of Regina Jonas.” Here's a short clip from the ceremony at Theresienstadt, during that commemoration trip. Thank you to The Jewish Women's Archive which you can find at JWA.org. And to the Yad Vashem website. And to HaGalil.com Music Credits: Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=deliberate+thought Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Sunday's Child by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license Artist: http://audionautix.com/ B - Somber Ballads by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license Artist: http://incompetech.com/

As America's first female rabbi, Sally Priesand reflects on the responsibility of being first and how it has shaped her life. Rabbi Sally Jane Priesand is America's first female rabbi ordained by a rabbinical seminary, and the second formally ordained female rabbi in Jewish history, after Regina Jonas. Priesand was ordained in 1972 by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio. After her ordination she served first as assistant and then as associate rabbi at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, and later led Monmouth Reform Temple in Tinton Falls, New Jersey from 1981 until her retirement in 2006.

Transcript - Stefanie Sinclair talks to Rabbi Elizabeth Tikvah Sarah and Rabbi Sybil Sheridan, discussing the significance of the first female rabbi, Regina Jonas, her life and legacy.

Stefanie Sinclair talks to Rabbi Elizabeth Tikvah Sarah and Rabbi Sybil Sheridan, discussing the significance of the first female rabbi, Regina Jonas, her life and legacy.

Transcript - Stefanie Sinclair takes a journey through Berlin, detailing the life of Regina Jonas, the world’s first female rabbi. Stefanie visits the Centrum Judaicum, Regina Jonas’ house, and Abraham Geiger College to examine details of Rabbi Jonas’ life.

Stefanie Sinclair takes a journey through Berlin, detailing the life of Regina Jonas, the world’s first female rabbi. Stefanie visits the Centrum Judaicum, Regina Jonas’ house, and Abraham Geiger College to examine details of Rabbi Jonas’ life.