Valerie Cohen

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Valerie Cohen
Personal
Born
Cleveland, United States
Religion Judaism
NationalityAmerican
Denomination Reform Judaism
PositionRabbi
Synagogue Temple Emanuel Sinai
Residence Holden, Massachusetts
Semicha 1999

Valerie Cohen is an American Reform rabbi.

Biography

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Cohen was raised in Florida, where she earned a B.A. in public relations at University of Florida, graduating in 1993. [1] She then studied at Hebrew Union College's Israel, Cincinnati and New York City campuses, [2] where she graduated in 1999 [3] and was ordained at Manhattan's Temple Emanuel. [2] That year she joined Temple Israel in Memphis, Tennessee, as assistant rabbi. [2]

In 2003, Beth Israel Congregation of Jackson, Mississippi, hired Cohen as its sole rabbi, [1] [2] the "only pulpit rabbi in Jackson". [4] She simultaneously served as the rabbi of Lexington, Mississippi's Temple Beth El. [5]

In 2013, The Forward named Cohen one of its 36 inspiring rabbis. [4] [6]

Cohen became rabbi of Temple Emanuel Sinai in Worcester, Massachusetts in 2014. [1] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Porter, Laura. "Rabbi Valerie Cohen named new rabbi at Temple Emanuel Sinai", MA Jewish Ledger, April 9, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Anderson, Nientara. "Chicks We Love: Headed Toward Chickdom", Jackson Free Press , March 3, 2007.
  3. Kaplan, Leah. "HUC-JIR Students, Faculty, and Alumni Assist in Hurricane Relief Efforts" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-04. (641 KB), The Chronicle, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, #66/2005.
  4. 1 2 Ring, Dan. "Rabbi Valerie Cohen", The Forward .
  5. Berman, Robert Lewis. A House of David in the Land of Jesus, Pelican Publishing Company, 2007, pp. 30, 33. ISBN   978-1-4196-7957-5
  6. Eisner, Jane. "Rabbis 2013", The Forward .
  7. Lucas, Sherry. "Rabbi Valerie Cohen accepts position in Mass.", The Clarion-Ledger , March 31, 2014.