Chava Koster

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Chava Koster, the granddaughter of Dutch Holocaust survivors,[1] was the first woman from the Netherlands to be ordained as a rabbi.[2] She was ordained in 1997 at the Academy for Jewish Religion in New York.[3] Koster is now the rabbi of the , also known as Congregation B'nai Israel, in New York City, before joining the Village Temple, she was Associate Rabbi at in Livingston, New Jersey.[3] In 2010 she was featured in the documentary Kol Ishah: The Rabbi is a Woman, directed by .[3] In 2010 she was chosen to be the first female rabbi in Sweden; however she withdrew her name for "personal reasons."[4][5]

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  1. ^ Wilentz, Amy (2002-05-06). "How the War Came Home". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  2. ^ ""Kol Ishah: The Rabbi is a Woman" - a documentary film by Hannah Heer". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "The Rabbi is a Woman". "Kol Ishah. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  4. ^ "Sweden names first female rabbi - The Local". Thelocal.se. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  5. ^ "Female Rabbi Reverses Candidacy For Stockholm Post". Jewishmadison.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
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