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Historical Ordination

Historical Ordination

(photo: La Croix)
Historical ordination of two liberal rabbis on July 4, 2021:
Rabbis Iris Ferreira and Etienne Kerber.


Rabbi Tom Cohen and Iris Ferreira the Blessing (photo Rabbi Gabriel Farhi)
No liberal rabbi had been ordained in France for 53 years. Iris Ferreira and Étienne Kerber were ordained rabbis on July 4 in Paris.

 

At 29, Iris Ferreira became, Sunday July 4, the first female rabbi to be ordained in France, within liberal Judaism. She will officiate at the Liberal Jewish Union of Strasbourg (UJLS). She has become the fifth female rabbi in office in France, after Pauline Bebe, Delphine Horvilleur, Floriane Chinsky and Danièle Touati, who had all been ordained abroad.

 

Etienne Kerber, 36, has also been ordained a rabbi. They received “semikha”, the transfer of authority from one rabbi to another, from rabbis Tom Cohen and Pauline Bebe, in their respective communities of Kehilat Gesher and the Liberal Jewish Community at the Maayan center in Paris.

It was a historic moment for French Judaism.

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Shabbat morning services are at 1030am every Saturday morning!

Shabbat services are at 10:30 a.m. every Saturday morning!

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30 August 2025

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Shabbat services are at 10:30 a.m. every Saturday morning!

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19:00
5 September 2025

Office de Kabbalat Chabbat à 19h chaque vendredi!

Kabbalat Shabbat service is at 7pm every Friday!

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Office de Shabbat Matin / Shabbat Morning Service,
10:30

10:30
6 September 2025

Shabbat morning services are at 1030am every Saturday morning!

Shabbat services are at 10:30 a.m. every Saturday morning!

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11 Avenue de la Porte de Champerret
75017 Paris

KG/Mail:
Kehilat Gesher
BP 30971
75829 Paris Cedex 17

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+33 09 53 18 90 86
Email : [email protected]

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