Floriane Chinsky

Floriane Chinsky (born 1974 in Paris, France) is the first female rabbi in Belgium.

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Floriane Chinsky
Personal life
Born	1974 (age 51–52) Paris
Religious life
Religion	Judaism
Position	Rabbi
Synagogue	MJLF in eastern Paris
Yeshiva	Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
Position	Rabbi
Organisation	Liberal Jewish Movement of France
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In 2005, she was ordained as a rabbi at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem; the same year she received a Ph.D. in sociology of law, with a thesis studying the social representations^[1] of Jewish law in France.^[2] She became Belgium's first female rabbi in 2005, at Beth Hillel, Brussels’ Reform congregation.^[3]

In 2010, she became the rabbi at the Masorti congregation, Neve Shalom, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye,^[4] and in 2013, became a rabbi at the Liberal Jewish Movement of France in Paris.^[5][6] She is the third woman to become a rabbi in France.^[7]

In 2021, she published the book "Des femme sarah et des dieux" (Women and Gods) with Kahina Bahloul (Imame) and Emmanuelle Seyboltd (Pastor) and in 2025 "En finir avec les idées fausses sur le judaïsme, les juives et les juives" (refute false ideas about judaïsm and Jews).

She founded the association "Cocreer" to teach nonviolent activism.

1. ^ "Représentation de la loi juive et de sa flexibilité - OpenGrey". www.opengrey.eu. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
2. ^ Laporte, Christian (2005-09-09). "Madam Rabbi Floriane Chinsky ..." La Libre Belgique (in French).
3. ^ "Brussels sprouting: Belgium gets its first female rabbi". Jweekly.com. 2006-01-27. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
4. ^ Chinsky, Floriane (14 January 2010). "L'auteure". Liberté juive (in French).
5. ^ "Rabbin Floriane Chinsky". Floriane Chinsky (in French). 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
6. ^ "Our Rabbis". www.mjlf.org. MJLF. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
7. ^ "Être femme rabbin en France : une pratique rare". The Times of Israël (in French). 2015-12-14. Retrieved 2019-06-09.

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