Pamela Frydman

Pamela Frydman
Rabbi
Organisation Or Shalom Jewish Community
Personal details
Nationality American

Pamela Frydman is an American rabbi.[1] She is the founding rabbi of Or Shalom Jewish Community, a San Francisco Jewish Renewal congregation.[1][2]

Career

In 2002, Rabbi Frydman became the first female president of OHALAH (Association of Rabbis for Jewish Renewal).[3] In 2010 she organized a letter signed by more than 400 rabbis, asking Jerusalem police to protect women at the Western Wall who want to pray and read the Torah together, one year after Nofrat Frenkel was arrested for taking out a Torah in the women’s section of the Western Wall Plaza. Frydman is one of the international co-chairs for Rabbis for Women of the Wall.[4][5][6] She is also the director of the Holocaust Education Project at the Academy for Jewish Religion in California.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "MSU News Service - MSU joins in community Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony on April 22". Montana.edu. 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  2. ↑ "'Rabbi Pam' leaves congregation she helped found | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California". Jweekly.com. 2004-07-09. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  3. ↑ "Women of the Wall". Women of the Wall. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  4. ↑ "Local rabbis help launch group supporting Women of the Wall | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California". Jweekly.com. 2010-10-21. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  5. ↑ Sacred Rights Sacred Song (2010-10-18). "Rabbis Take A Stand". Sacred Rights Sacred Song. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  6. 1 2 Lidman, Melanie. "400 world rabbis ask police... JPost - Jewish World - Jewish News". Jpost.com. Retrieved 2012-06-30.


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