Tanya Segal

Tanya Segal (born 1957) is the first full-time female rabbi in Poland.[1]  

She was born in Russia in 1957, and was ordained in 2007 at the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem.[1][2][3]  In 2006 her play And Her Name Was Heather was first performed, at the Hebrew Union College campus; it combines a commentary on the Book of Ruth with the story of American convert Tamar (Heather) Havilio.[1] She also studied at Tel Aviv University, where she produced the master's thesis From Zoharic Text to Liturgical Performance: The Role of Weeping in the Performance of Eikha.[1]

In December 2007 she became the second rabbi of Beit Warszawa congregation in Warsaw.[2]  Since 2009 she has been a rabbi at Beit Krakow, a Progressive Jewish community in Krakow.[1][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Dasgupta, Rohee (2008-07-12). "Of Cultural Deference" (in German). Gender Forum. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  2. 1 2 Gera, Vanessa (2008-02-14). "Religion News: Religious News and Headlines". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  3. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20100831052717/http://huc.edu:80/newspubs/pressroom/07/11/ord.shtml. Archived from the original on August 31, 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Jewish Culture Festival - Shabbat Service". Jewishfestival.pl. 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  5. ↑ "The lecture of Rabbi Tanya Segal - Virtual Shtetl". Sztetl.org.pl. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
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