Katalin Kelemen

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Katalin Kelemen is the first female rabbi in Hungary, where she was born. [1] [2] She studied for the rabbinate at Leo Baeck College in England, and was ordained in 1998. [3] On March 7, 1999, she was inducted as the rabbi of the Sim Shalom Progressive Jewish Congregation in Budapest, Hungary. [4] [5] In 1999 she also attended a conference sponsored by Bet Debora, a Jewish women's initiative founded in 1998. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "bet-debora.net" . Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Home" . Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "History of Sim Shalom" . Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Introduction" . Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "bet-debora.net" . Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Jewish Feminism in Post-Holocaust Germany" . Retrieved 29 October 2014.


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