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Naamah Kelman-Ezrachi (also spelled Naama ) ( Hebrew : נעמה קלמן; born January 25, 1955) is an American-born Israeli Reform rabbi who was named as Dean of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion campus in Jerusalem starting in July 2009. In 1992, Kelman made history as the first woman in Israel to become a rabbi when she received her rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk .
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Naamah Kelman-Ezrachi (first name also spelled in English as Naama ; born January 25, 1955) is an American -born Rabbi who was named as Dean of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion campus in Jerusalem starting in July 2009. In 1992, Kelman made history as the first woman in Israel to become a rabbi when she received her rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk .
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American-born Rabbi (born 1955) Naamah Kelman-Ezrachi (first name also spelled in English as Naama ; born January 25, 1955) is an American -born Reform rabbi who was named as Dean of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion campus in Jerusalem starting in July 2009. In 1992, Kelman made history as the first woman in Israel to become a rabbi when she received her rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk .
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american -born rabbi who was named as dean of the hebrew union college-jewish institute of religion campus in j
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american-born israeli reform rabbi who was named as dean of the hebrew union college-jewish institute of religi
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