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#History #Judaisem #Germany

On December 12, 1944, Regina Jonas is murdered in #Auschwitz. To date, the #world's #first #woman who worked as a #rabbi. Regina Jonas was in her early 40s when she was #murdered in #Auschwitz. She belongs to the "#Masorti" movement,

the traditional but not #orthodox current in #Judaism. She was born in August 1902 as the daughter of an #Orthodox #Jewish peddlers in Berlin's barn district. Jonas is deported to #ghetto #Theresienstadt north of #Prague on November 1942.

During the #Shoah, Jonas in #Theresienstadt encourages her fellow prisoners. On December 12, 1944, she is murdered in the #exterminationcamp #Auschwitz. The knowledge of the fate of Regina Jonas is due to a Protestant theologian, the German Katharina von Kellenbach.

In the #winter of 1935, it was a small world #premiere when Jonas first #ordained a #woman to a #rabbi. On December 27, 1935, the #Offenbach #rabbi Dr. Max Dienemann (picture) certificated that Regina Jonas - after graduation and passing the exam -

"Regina Jones is able to answer questions about the #Halacha and that she is able to hold the #rabbinical office". In the offical #diplom its written so

Today its 75 years ago the first #femal #Rabbi got #killed by the #Nazis.

Fyi: I visited #Theresienstadt once , today the village is named #Terezín in the #Suddetenland.

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