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Alona Lisitsa (born 1971) is the first female rabbi in Israel to join a religious council. Although Leah Shakdiel, who was not a rabbi, joined the Yerucham religious council in 1988 after a Supreme Court decision in her favor, no female rabbi had joined a religious council until Lisitsa joined Mevasseret Zion’s in 2012. She was appointed to the council three years before that, but the Religious Affairs Ministry delayed approving her appointment until Israel’s High Court of Justice ordered it to.

Lisitsa was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and is a Reform rabbi. She works at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem.

See also

• Timeline of women rabbis

References

1. "Israeli Youth A. Hehaver - Ohel Jacob Synagogue". 19 August 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
2. "Alona Lisitsa – Tags – Forward.com". Blogs.forward.com. 2012-05-28. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
3. "Female Rabbi Joins the Ultimate Men's Club – The Sisterhood – Forward.com". Blogs.forward.com. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
4. ^ "Female Rabbi Joins the Ultimate Men's Club – The Sisterhood – Forward.com". Blogs.forward.com. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
5. ^ Oster, Marcy (2012-05-16). "Female Reform rabbi seated on Jerusalem suburb's religious council | Jewish Telegraphic Agency". Jta.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2013-10-17.

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Timeline of women rabbis
Pre-modern figures	Bible and Talmud Deborah (1107–1067 BCE) Bruriah (2nd century) Medieval and early modern era Rashi's daughters (11th–12th century) Bat ha-Levi (12th century) Paula Dei Mansi (13th century) Miriam Shapira-Luria (14th century) Fioretta of Modena (1522–1580) Bayla Falk (16th century) Eva Bacharach (1580–1651) Asenath Barzani (1590–1670) Frehat Bat Avraham (d. 1756) Maiden of Ludmir (1805–1888)
Modern figures	Ray Frank (1861–1948) Lily Montagu (1873–1963) Regina Jonas (1902–1944) Tehilla Lichtenstein (1893–1973) Paula Ackerman (1893–1989) Martha Neumark (1904–1981) Avis Clamitz (1908-1991) Helen Levinthal (1910–1989) Sally Priesand (b. 1946) Mimi Feigelson (b. 1963) First ordination by denomination Regina Jonas (Reform, 1935) Sandy Sasso (Reconstructionist, 1974) Lynn Gottlieb (Renewal, 1981) Amy Eilberg (Conservative, 1985) Tamara Kolton (Humanistic, 1999) Sara Hurwitz (Orthodox, 2009)
Alternate rabbinical roles	Yoetzet halacha Toanot Rabniyot
Organisations and midrashot	Women's Rabbinic Network Yeshivat Maharat Matan Women's Institute Midreshet Lindenbaum Nishmat Center Hadran
Category: Women rabbis

• Israeli Reform rabbis
• Ukrainian Jews
• Living people
• Reform women rabbis
• 1971 births