Ariel Stone

Ariel Stone, also called C. Ariel Stone, is the first American Rabbi to lead a congregation in the former Soviet Union, and the first progressive rabbi to serve the Jewish community in Ukraine.[1][2][3] After serving as Assistant Rabbi of Temple Israel of Greater Miami 1991-1993 with Rabbi Rex Perlmeter, she represented the World Union for Progressive Judaism in Ukraine from 1993 until 1994.[4][5][6] While in Ukraine she was a rabbi at Congregation HaTikvah in Kiev, and helped in creating progressive congregations in Ukraine.[7][8] In 1993-1994 she taught Holocaust studies at the University of Central Florida. Stone has a master's degree in Hebrew Letters from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and was awarded a Doctor of Jewish Studies degree from Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago in 2010.[9] As of 2018, she has served as adjunct faculty in the Religious Studies departments of Willamette University of Salem, Oregon, and Portland State University in Oregon.[10] From 2007-2009 and again from 2015-2017 she was President of the Oregon Board of Rabbis.[11]

References

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  2. ↑ "Gainesville Sun - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "A First: Female Rabbi Serving in Ukraine". Lilith Magazine. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "The Telegraph-Herald - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Gainesville Sun - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  7. ↑ "Gainesville Sun - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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