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Delphine Horvilleur
Horvilleurl in October 2013
Born1974
CitizenshipFrench
Alma materHebrew University
Occupationrabbi

Delphine Horvilleur (born 1974) is France's third female rabbi, and (as of 2012) editor-in-Chief of the quarterly Jewish magazine Revue de pensée(s) juive(s) Tenou'a. [1][2][3][4] She leads a congregation in Paris, and is currently co-leading the Liberal Jewish Movement of France, a Jewish liberal cultural and religious association affiliated to the World Union for Progressive Judaism, which she joined in 2008. [5][6] In 2013 her book "En tenue d’Eve. Féminin, Pudeur et Judaïsme" ("In a Birthday Suit: Feminism, Modesty and Judaism"), which discusses the representation of nudity and modesty in the Bible, was published. [1]

She was born and raised in Nancy, but moved to Jerusalem at the age of 17 and studied life sciences at the Hebrew University.[1] Five years later, she came back to Paris and worked as a journalist. [1] She studied with well-known Jewish scholars, such as French philosopher Marc-Alain Ouaknin and ex-Chief Rabbi Gilles Bernheim, and eventually moved to New York and studied at Drisha Yeshiva.[1] She was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 2008, and later returned to France. [6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Benhamou, Rebecca (21 June 2013). "No liberté and égalité in France for women rabbis". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  2. ^ "32nd IAJGS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on JEWISH GENEALOGY - Paris from 15th till 18th July 2012 - Rabbin Delphine HORVILLEUR". Paris2012.eu. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Delphine Horvilleur : « Pour rester vivante, la religion doit être bousculée » - societe - Elle". Elle.fr. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  4. ^ (French) Sonia Sarah Lipsyc,"Delphine Horvilleur, 3ème femme rabbin en France", 6 December 2008.
  5. ^ "Our Rabbis". Mjlf.org. 27 September 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  6. ^ a b Halpern, Gilad (8 July 2012). "Just don't call her 'Monsieur le rabbin' - Israel News". Haaretz. Retrieved 17 July 2013.