Wikipedia's first sentence called it “first ordained female rabbi in west virginia”. Today it says “uzbekistani -born american rabbi”.
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Helen Bar-Yaacov is an Uzbekistani -born American rabbi. She is the first ordained female rabbi in West Virginia (though there had been female student rabbis serving before being ordained previous to Bar-Yaacov's service.) She began serving in West Virginia in 2002 at Temple Israel in Charleston . From 2008 until 2013 she was the rabbi of Evansville 's Temple Adath B'nai Israel. Bar-Yaacov was born in Uzbekistan , since her parents had fled Poland during World War II to escape the persecution of the Jews there. She grew up in Germany and Australia, and lived in Israel as a young woman, working as a tour guide and a teacher there.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Helen Bar-Yaacov is the first ordained female rabbi in West Virginia (though there had been female student rabbis serving before being ordained previous to Bar-Yaacov's service.) She began serving in West Virginia in 2002 at Temple Israel in Charleston . From 2008 until 2013 she was the rabbi of Evansville 's Temple Adath B'nai Israel. Bar-Yaacov was born in Uzbekistan , since her parents had fled Poland during World War II to escape the persecution of the Jews there. She grew up in Germany and Australia, and lived in Israel as a young woman, working as a tour guide and a teacher there.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Helen Bar-Yaacov is an Uzbekistani -born American rabbi. She is the first ordained female rabbi in West Virginia (though there had been female student rabbis serving before being ordained previous to Bar-Yaacov's service.) She began serving in West Virginia in 2002 at Temple Israel in Charleston . From 2008 until 2013 she was the rabbi of Evansville 's Temple Adath B'nai Israel. Bar-Yaacov was born in Uzbekistan , since her parents had fled Poland during World War II to escape the persecution of the Jews there. She grew up in Germany and Australia, and lived in Israel as a young woman, working as a tour guide and a teacher there.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Uzbek-American Rabbi Helen Bar-Yaacov is an Uzbekistani -born American rabbi. She is the first ordained female rabbi in West Virginia (though there had been female student rabbis serving before being ordained previous to Bar-Yaacov's service.) She began serving in West Virginia in 2002 at Temple Israel in Charleston . From 2008 until 2013 she was the rabbi of Evansville 's Temple Adath B'nai Israel. Bar-Yaacov was born in Uzbekistan , since her parents had fled Poland during World War II to escape the persecution of the Jews there. She grew up in Germany and Australia, and lived in Israel as a young woman, working as a tour guide and a teacher there.
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first ordained female rabbi in west virginia
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uzbekistani -born american rabbi
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