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Dianne Cohler-Esses

Dianne Cohler-Esses, who grew up in New York[clarification needed], is the first Syrian-Jewish woman to become a rabbi.[1][2][3][4][5] She was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1995.[6][7] She has since worked as an administrator and educator for many institutions including the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, the Bronfman youth fellowships, the Curriculum Initiative, and the UJA Federation.[8] In 2012, the Jewish community organization Romemu chose her as its new education director.[3][9]

She is married to Larry Cohler-Esses, with whom she has three children: Ayelet, Elichai, and Shira. She lives in New York City on the Upper West Side.[2]

The 2022 art exhibit “Holy Sparks”, shown among other places at the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum, featured art about twenty-four female rabbis who were firsts in some way;[10][11] Siona Benjamin created the artwork about Cohler-Esses that was in that exhibit.[12]

  1. ^ "Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses". Mechonhadar.org. Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  2. ^ a b Dianne Cohler-Esses (2011-05-24). "Connecting the World to Jewish News, Culture, and Opinion". The Jewish Week. Archived from the original on 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  3. ^ a b "Names First Syrian Jewish Female Rabbi to be Director of Education". Romemu. 2012-08-08. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  4. ^ Cohler-Esses, Dianne (1 January 2003). "A Common Language between East and West". Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. 19 (1): 111–118. JSTOR 25002466.
  5. ^ "Limmud Colorado 2013".
  6. ^ http://www.mishpacha.org/credits.shtml [bare URL]
  7. ^ "Mechon Hadar - Status". Archive.is. 2013-04-15. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  8. ^ "Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski". Adultjewishlearning.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  9. ^ "Mission & History". Romemu. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  10. ^ Eckerling, Debra L. (March 31, 2022). ""Holy Sparks" Exhibition Celebrates 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate". Jewish Journal.
  11. ^ "Holy Sparks: Celebrating Fifty Years of Women in the Rabbinate". HUC.
  12. ^ "VIDEO: HOLY SPARKS – Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate". Jewish Art Salon. January 30, 2022.

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