Joy Levitt: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
←Created page with '{{New unreviewed article|source=ArticleWizard|date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}} '''Joy Levitt''' is an American rabbi and was the first fe...' |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{New unreviewed article|source=ArticleWizard|date=December 2011}} |
{{New unreviewed article|source=ArticleWizard|date=December 2011}} |
||
'''Joy Levitt''' is an American rabbi and was the first female president of the [[Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association]], from 1987 to 1989. <ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=WPILfbtT5tQC&pg=PA553&lpg=PA553&dq=%22joy+levitt%22+%22reconstructionist+rabbinical+association%22+president&source=bl&ots=3OcLwyqeJL&sig=Y4g1Pd3wbp6x0hDKDf37t_sE2Bc&hl=en&ei=1TrdTu2rK6Ha0QHpz_2UAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22joy%20levitt%22%20%22reconstructionist%20rabbinical%20association%22%20president&f=false</ref> She and her husband Rabbi [[Michael Strassfeld]] are coeditors of the ''A Night of Questions Passover Haggadah'', published by the [[Jewish Reconstructionist Federation]]. She is currently the Manhattan Jewish Community Center's Executive Director. <ref>http://jrf.org/joy-levitt</ref> In 2008 the PBS series "The Jewish Americans" had her as a featured commentator. <ref>http://jrf.org/joy-levitt</ref> |
'''Joy Levitt''' is an American rabbi and was the first female president of the [[Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association]], from 1987 to 1989. <ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=WPILfbtT5tQC&pg=PA553&lpg=PA553&dq=%22joy+levitt%22+%22reconstructionist+rabbinical+association%22+president&source=bl&ots=3OcLwyqeJL&sig=Y4g1Pd3wbp6x0hDKDf37t_sE2Bc&hl=en&ei=1TrdTu2rK6Ha0QHpz_2UAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22joy%20levitt%22%20%22reconstructionist%20rabbinical%20association%22%20president&f=false</ref> Levitt is also the founder of the Jewish Journey Project, an initiative that attempts to replace individual synagogue schools (in Manhattan) with an elective-driven communal coalition. <ref>http://newjewisheducation.blogspot.com/2011/12/job-posting-director-jewish-journey.html</ref> |
||
She and her husband Rabbi [[Michael Strassfeld]] are coeditors of the ''A Night of Questions Passover Haggadah'', published by the [[Jewish Reconstructionist Federation]]. She is currently the Manhattan Jewish Community Center's Executive Director. <ref>http://jrf.org/joy-levitt</ref> In 2008 the PBS series "The Jewish Americans" had her as a featured commentator. <ref>http://jrf.org/joy-levitt</ref> |
|||
In 2010 she was named one of fifty of the most influential rabbis in America by The Sisterhood, the [[Jewish Forward]]'s women’s issues blog. <ref>http://www.forward.com/articles/129451/</ref> |
In 2010 she was named one of fifty of the most influential rabbis in America by The Sisterhood, the [[Jewish Forward]]'s women’s issues blog. <ref>http://www.forward.com/articles/129451/</ref> She was also named by Newsweek (in 2010 and 2011) as one of the most influential rabbis in America. <ref>http://blogs.forward.com/sisterhood-blog/137131/</ref> |
||
== References == |
== References == |
||
Revision as of 22:47, 5 December 2011
Template:New unreviewed article
Joy Levitt is an American rabbi and was the first female president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, from 1987 to 1989. [1] Levitt is also the founder of the Jewish Journey Project, an initiative that attempts to replace individual synagogue schools (in Manhattan) with an elective-driven communal coalition. [2] She and her husband Rabbi Michael Strassfeld are coeditors of the A Night of Questions Passover Haggadah, published by the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. She is currently the Manhattan Jewish Community Center's Executive Director. [3] In 2008 the PBS series "The Jewish Americans" had her as a featured commentator. [4] In 2010 she was named one of fifty of the most influential rabbis in America by The Sisterhood, the Jewish Forward's women’s issues blog. [5] She was also named by Newsweek (in 2010 and 2011) as one of the most influential rabbis in America. [6]
References
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=WPILfbtT5tQC&pg=PA553&lpg=PA553&dq=%22joy+levitt%22+%22reconstructionist+rabbinical+association%22+president&source=bl&ots=3OcLwyqeJL&sig=Y4g1Pd3wbp6x0hDKDf37t_sE2Bc&hl=en&ei=1TrdTu2rK6Ha0QHpz_2UAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22joy%20levitt%22%20%22reconstructionist%20rabbinical%20association%22%20president&f=false
- ^ http://newjewisheducation.blogspot.com/2011/12/job-posting-director-jewish-journey.html
- ^ http://jrf.org/joy-levitt
- ^ http://jrf.org/joy-levitt
- ^ http://www.forward.com/articles/129451/
- ^ http://blogs.forward.com/sisterhood-blog/137131/