Regina Jonas Quotes

Regina Jonas ; 3 August 1902 – 12 October/12 December 1944 was a Berlin-born rabbi. In 1935, she became the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi. There had been some women before Jonas who made significant contributions to Jewish thought, such as the Maiden of Ludmir, Asenath Barzani, and Lily Montagu, who acted in similar roles without being ordained. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. August 1902 – 12. October 1944
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Famous Regina Jonas Quotes

“It is written that “one relies upon women,” so it is not foreign to Judaism if this “support” is broadened from the narrow,”

Regina Jonas

Can a Woman Be a Rabbi According to Halachic Sources?
Context: It is written that “one relies upon women,” so it is not foreign to Judaism if this “support” is broadened from the narrow, permitted range into a larger one of pasken, to which in principle there is no objection.

“God planted in our heart skills and a vocation without asking about gender. Therefore, it is the duty of men and women alike to work and create according to the skills given by God.”

Regina Jonas

C.-V.-Zeitung, June 23, 1938
Context: If I confess what motivated me, a woman, to become a rabbi, two things come to mind. My belief in God’s calling and my love of humans. God planted in our heart skills and a vocation without asking about gender. Therefore, it is the duty of men and women alike to work and create according to the skills given by God.

“How beneficial it could be to have a woman in the rabbinic role”

Regina Jonas

Can a Woman Be a Rabbi According to Halachic Sources?
Context: How beneficial it could be to have a woman in the rabbinic role to reclaim the lost meaning of tsni’ut by example and through teaching.

Regina Jonas Quotes

“It is nothing special to see women, it is a matter of being accustomed, it does not excite the fantasies of a man.”

Regina Jonas

Can a Woman Be a Rabbi According to Halachic Sources?

“I must fight for God.”

Regina Jonas

Can a Woman Be a Rabbi According to Halachic Sources?

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