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Kinneret Shiryon

Chairperson
Council of Progressive Rabbis in Israel (MARAM)
Participates in 2 items

Israel's first female rabbi, established Kehillat YOZMA in 1997 together with a dedicated cadre of volunteers. She has been YOZMA's spiritual leader ever since. 

In 2002, Rabbi Shiryon was elected chairperson of the Council of Progressive Rabbis in Israel (MARAM). The Israeli media highlighted her election by noting that Shiryon is the first woman to head one of the country's rabbinical bodies. 

Ordained by the HUC-JIR in New York in 1981, Rabbi Shiryon was for several years the spiritual leader of a Reform community in north Tel Aviv. She is the founder and director of its "Generation to Generation" Outreach programs. Rabbi Shiryon also directed the University Student Outreach programs at UAHC's International Department of Education in Jerusalem. 

A native New Yorker, Rabbi Shiryon has lived in Israel for over 25 years. She and her husband, Baruch Shiryon, live in the Modiin neighborhood of Maccabim with their four children: Ayelet, Erez, Inbar and Amichai.

 

Sessions in which Kinneret Shiryon participates

Tuesday 23 February, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT+02:00) Jerusalem
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
March for Tolerance
1 hour, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Jerusalem - From Dormition Abbey to Merkaz Shimshon

Kinneret Shiryon, Council of Progressive Rabbis in Israel (MARAM) (Participant)

Michael Latz, Shir Tikvah (Participant)

Introduction by Michael Latz and Kinneret Shiryon March as a group along the streets of Jerusalem for religious tolerance in the State o...

Wednesday 24 February, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT+02:00) Jerusalem
11:45 AM
11:45 AM

Off-site Trip

Gili Tzidkiyahu, Kehilat Hashachar (Participant)

Kinneret Shiryon, Council of Progressive Rabbis in Israel (MARAM) (Participant)

Shirin Natour Hafi, ORT Lod Arab High School (Participant)

Karen Tal, Tovanot Bachinuch Project (Participant)

When Israel joined the OECD in 2010, it pledged to reduce the economic disparity between Jews and Arabs. However, a study funded by the Bank of Isr...