Eveline Goodman-Thau

Eveline Goodman-Thau.

Eveline Goodman-Thau was the first female rabbi in Austria, a job she began in 2001. [1] [2] She was born in Vienna. [3] Eveline survived the Holocaust by hiding with her family in the Netherlands. [4] She was privately ordained in Jerusalem in October 2000 by Orthodox rabbi Jonathan Chipman. [5][6] She later led the liberal Jewish community in Vienna for one year beginning in 2001. [3]

In 1999 she was the founding director of the Herman Cohen Academy for European Jewish Studies in Buchen, Odenwald, Germany. [7][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Austria Gets First Female Rabbi". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Religionen : Weltfrieden .: Goodman-Thau". Religionenundweltfrieden.de. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  3. 1 2 3 "Faculty Forum - A very special welcome to Rabbi Eveline Goodman-Thau". SPME. 2000-10-18. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  4. ↑ Weisler, Alex (2011-08-30). "Brandeis Europe? | Transatlantic | JTA - Jewish & Israel News". Blogs.jta.org. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  5. ↑ "Eastern Suffolk BOCES School Library System Union Catalog". Sks.sirs.es.vrc.scoolaid.net. 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  6. ↑ "Ordained As Rabbis, Women Tell Secret - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 2000-12-21. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  7. ↑ "Religionen : Weltfrieden .: Goodman-Thau". Religionenundweltfrieden.de. Retrieved 2012-02-18.


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