Naamah Kelman

Naamah Kelman
נעמה קלמן
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationReform
OrganizationHebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Naamah Kelman-Ezrachi (also spelled Naama) (Hebrew: נעמה קלמן; born January 25, 1955) is an American-born Israeli Reform rabbi who was named as Dean of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion campus in Jerusalem starting in July 2009. In 1992, Kelman made history as the first woman in Israel to become a rabbi when she received her rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk.

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