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in Paris between 1990 and 1995. She helped those with drug addiction, HIV-positive people and eccentrics who were rejected by the traditional religious institutions. Reactions to her as a female rabbi were mixed: "Some believers were very enthusiastic and trusted me, while others were violently
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Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women's
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there. As of 2018 France has only four women rabbis, Bebe,
89:, taking classical studies. After graduation, she attended
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created the artwork about Bebe that was in that exhibit.
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Jewish Women: A Comprehensive
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524:"Le rabbin Pauline Bebe. Portrait et publications"
440:"Delphine Horvilleur, 3ème femme rabbin en France"
393:"Dédicace. Une femme rabbin, un judaïsme libéral"
427:"Célia Surget, deuxième femme rabbin en France"
251:Peut-on faire le bonheur de ses enfants ?
169:opposed to the idea of having a woman rabbi."
125:In 1985, Bebe began her rabbinical studies in
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698:"Europe Report: Flourishing in France"
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792:Europe Report: Flourishing in France
779:Pauline Bebe, Jewish Virtual Library
164:Bebe first rabbinic position was at
38:. She was the first female rabbi in
530:website. Accessed 26 February 2011.
182:World Union for Progressive Judaism
136:She completed her Hebrew cursus in
391:(French) Th.Gausserand, DĂ©dicace.
129:with five years of studies at the
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166:Mouvement Juif Liberal de France
868:Women rabbis and Torah scholars
1:
819:Sermons of rabbi Pauline Bebe
605:"Rabbis in the United States"
425:(French) Sonia Sarah Lipsyc,
85:Lamartine high school in the
832:Interviews with Pauline Bebe
438:(French) Sonia Sarah Lipsyc,
410:"CĂ©lia Surget, femme rabbin"
1279:Alumni of Leo Baeck College
546:"Pauline Bebe femme rabbin"
502:(French) François Devinat.
87:9th arrondissement of Paris
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1289:21st-century French rabbis
1269:Jews and Judaism in Paris
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671:Communaute Juive Liberale
654:Communaute Juive Liberale
611:, Jewish Women's Archive.
544:(French) Manon Rivif're.
528:Communaute Juive Liberale
408:(French) Ophélie Neiman,
358:Dr. Bernard Heller Museum
303:Presses de la Renaissance
174:Communaute Juive Liberale
66:Bebe was born in 1965 in
28:Communauté Juive Libérale
1193:Women's Rabbinic Network
878:Timeline of women rabbis
374:Timeline of women rabbis
1284:Reform Jewish feminists
1203:Matan Women's Institute
686:Appel aux dons mai 2013
453:"Couscous for the Soul"
338:Éditions Robert Laffont
1235:Category: Women rabbis
667:"Projet d'aménagement"
568:Jewish Virtual Library
561:Dror Franck Sullaper.
99:
76:rue Copernic synagogue
627:, Beacon Press, 1999.
482:"Rabbin et féministe"
266:Éditions de l'Atelier
1264:French Reform rabbis
1208:Midreshet Lindenbaum
1029:Tehilla Lichtenstein
945:Miriam Shapira-Luria
711:online, Spring 2008.
451:Marlene Adler Marks,
142:Hebrew Union College
121:Rabbinical education
1274:Reform women rabbis
929:(11th–12th century)
765:. January 30, 2022.
323:L'autre, cet infini
209:Le Judaïsme libéral
52:Delphine Horvilleur
975:Frehat Bat Avraham
951:Fioretta of Modena
703:2013-10-07 at the
650:"Le Centre Maayan"
591:, 13–16 May 1999.
552:, 26 October 2006.
468:, 11 January 2001.
458:2012-10-15 at the
442:, 6 December 2008.
399:, 21 January 2008.
264:et Pierre Lassus,
255:Caroline Eliacheff
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327:Catherine Bensaid
318:978-2-7509-0610-8
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