Regina Jonas

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Regina Jonas was the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi, a pioneering figure in 20th-century German Reform Judaism and a symbol of both religious innovation and Holocaust-era persecution.


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instanceOf German rabbi
person
pioneer of women’s ordination
rabbi
activeYearsEnd 1944
activeYearsStart 1930
causeOfDeath murder in Auschwitz
commemoratedBy memorials and scholarly works on women in the rabbinate
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBirth 1902-08-03
dateOfDeath 1944-10-12
denomination Liberal Judaism in Germany
deportedTo Auschwitz concentration camp
Theresienstadt Ghetto
educatedAt Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums
ethnicGroup Jewish people
familyName Jonas
fieldOfWork Jewish religious education
rabbinic leadership
givenName Regina
hasRoleInHistory first woman to hold formal rabbinic title in modern Judaism
historicalPeriod Holocaust
interwar period
knownFor pastoral care and preaching in Berlin
languageOfWorkOrName German
legacy inspiration for women rabbis worldwide
subject of posthumous recognition in Jewish communities
movement German Liberal Judaism
notableFor being the first woman ordained as a rabbi
pioneering role in 20th-century German Reform Judaism
symbol of Holocaust-era persecution
symbol of religious innovation
occupation rabbi
teacher
ordainedBy Max Dienemann
ordinationAsRabbi 1935
performedPastoralWorkIn Berlin Jewish community
placeOfBirth Berlin
placeOfDeath Auschwitz concentration camp
primaryLanguageSpoken German
religion Judaism
religiousMovement Reform Judaism
sexOrGender female
victimOf Holocaust
workLocation Berlin

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Reform Judaism
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