Lynn Claire Feinberg (born 1955) is a Norwegian rabbi. She became the first female rabbi in Norway in 2009. She was born in
Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
. She is an adherent of
Jewish Renewal, and is the founder and spiritual leader of Havurat Kol haLev, the first Jewish Renewal
havurah
A ''chavurah'' or ''havurah'' ( : ''(c)havurahs'' or ''(c)havurot'' or ''(c)havuroth'') is a small group of like-minded Jews who assemble to facilitate Shabbat and holiday prayer services and share communal experiences such as life-cycle events ...
in Oslo.
She is also a historian of religion, specializing in women and Judaism, and is trained as an astrologer and an eco-kosher
mashgicha.
See also
*
Timeline of women rabbis
This is a timeline of women rabbis:
* 1930s
** 1935: In Germany, Regina Jonas became the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi.
* 1970s:
** 1972: Sally Priesand became America's first female rabbi ordained by a rabbinical seminary, and the secon ...
References
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1955 births
20th-century astrologers
21st-century astrologers
Living people
Clergy from Oslo
Jewish astrologers
Mashgichim
Jewish Renewal women rabbis
Jewish Renewal rabbis
20th-century Norwegian Jews
21st-century Norwegian rabbis