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Kaufmann Kohler was born into a family of German Jewish rabbis in Fürth, Kingdom of Bavaria.He received his rabbinical training at Hassfurt, Höchberg near Würzburg, Mainz, Altona, and at Frankfurt am Main under Samson Raphael Hirsch, and his university training at Munich, Berlin, Leipzig, and Erlangen (Ph.D. 1868).
Joan Friedman became the first woman to serve as a rabbi in Canada in 1980, when she was appointed as an Assistant Rabbi at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto. Her appointment was followed shortly after by that of Elyse Goldstein as Assistant Rabbi from 1983-1986; Goldstein has been called the first female rabbi in Canada, but that is incorrect.
Jacob Neusner (July 28, 1932 – October 8, 2016) [1] was an American academic scholar of Judaism. He was named as one of the most published authors in history, having written or edited more than 900 books.
New England Jewish Academy is a private Jewish PK-12 school in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States. The school was created by members of the New Haven , Springfield , and Hartford communities, and its students hail from communities throughout central Connecticut and western Massachusetts.
Solomon Schechter (Hebrew: שניאור זלמן הכהן שכטר ; 7 December 1847 – 19 November 1915) was a Moldavian-born British-American rabbi, academic scholar and educator, most famous for his roles as founder and President of the United Synagogue of America, President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and architect of American Conservative Judaism.
First Jewish actress to win an Academy Award. Their Own Desire: Lucia Marlett Nominated 1930/1931: A Free Soul: Jan Ashe Nominated 1934: The Barretts of Wimpole Street: Elizabeth Barrett: Nominated 1935: Elisabeth Bergner: Escape Me Never: Gemma Jones Nominated 1936: Luise Rainer: The Great Ziegfeld: Anna Held: Won First Jewish born actress to ...
Another central tenet of Reform Judaism is the belief that it is the universal mission of Jews to spread God's message, to be a light unto the nations. Reform Judaism foresees a future Messianic Age of peace, but without the coming of an individual Messiah or the restoration of the Third Temple and sacrificial cult in Jerusalem.
In particular, Modern Orthodoxy disagrees with many of Conservative Judaism's halakhic rulings, particularly as regards issues of egalitarianism. See further on the Orthodox view and the Conservative view. Modern Orthodoxy clearly differs from the approach of Reform Judaism and Humanistic Judaism, which do not consider halakha to be normative.