Fraulein Rabbiner Jonas: The Story of the First Women Rabbi
"Rabbi Elisa Klapheck has recovered for us a vital gem in the history of female ordination. An exciting read! To follow Regina Jonas as she negotiated with the patriarchal system is a surprise and delight for the soul."\ Rabbi Zalman Schachter—Shalomi, author, Wrapped in a Holy Flame: Teachings and Tales of the Hasidic Masters\ "A most intriguing story both about Jonas herself and Klapheck finding Jonas; the documents, many of which were reproduced for this volume, are riveting historical...
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Fraulein Rabbiner Jonas tells the moving story of the woman who inspired a new kind of progressive female participation in the Jewish religion. Biographer Elisa Klapheck shows how Jonas overcame formidable resistance and obstacles from conventional orthodox Jewish institutions to become the first female rabbi. The book includes the text of Jonas’s definitive treatise on why women can indeed become rabbis, which is based on sound scripture from the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, and other precedents in Jewish halachic law, rabbinic commentary, and Jewish practice. After her ordination in 1935, Jonas spent the remaining years of her life ministering to the abused and terrified German Jewish community as the Nazis rapidly restricted and robbed it of property, identity, and social privilege, forcing the Jews into hard labor, poverty, and ultimately death camps. This moving portrayal of her life reveals Regina Jonas as a humorous and passionate woman who was deeply beloved by all she served during the terminal crisis of their lives.
ForewordMy journey toward Regina Jonas3The story of Regina Jonas16Preliminary notes : on the Halachic treatise of Regina Jonas97Halachic treatise : can women serve as rabbis?100Structure of the Talmud (according to Maimonides)203Additional Halachic compendia and commentaries207
\ From Barnes & NobleThe bare bones of her story can be stated simply: Regina Jonas was born in a poor Jewish neighborhood in Berlin. In 1935, she became the first woman ever to become a rabbi. Seven years later, she was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz. This biography gathers together surviving fragments of life of a complicated, decisive woman.\ \
