# Elisa Klapheck

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**Elisa Klapheck** (born 10 December 1962) is the first female [rabbi](/source/Rabbi) to serve in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands), although she was born in [Germany](/source/Germany).[1][2] She was also one of the organizers of [Bet Debora](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bet_Debora&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bet_Debora)] Berlin, a conference of [European](/source/Europe) women rabbis, [cantors](/source/Hazzan), [scholars](/source/Scholar), and rabbinically-educated Jews in [Berlin](/source/Berlin) in 1999.[3] She was ordained in 2004 by the Aleph Rabbinic Program, and in 2005 she became the rabbi of "[Beit Ha'Chidush](/source/Beit_Ha'Chidush)" (House of Renewal) in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam).[4] In 2009 she returned to Germany and has since been the rabbi of the "Egalitarian Minyan" in the Jewish Community of [Frankfurt am Main](/source/Frankfurt_am_Main). She is a member of the General Conference of Rabbis of Germany (ARK) and an associate member of the Rabbinic Board of "[Liberal Judaism](/source/Liberal_Judaism_(United_Kingdom))" in [London](/source/London).

Klapheck is also the author of *Fraulein Rabbiner Jonas: The Story of the First Woman Rabbi*, as well as *How I Became a Rabbi, Jewish Challenges Here and Now.* [5][6]

She was profiled in the book *Turning the Kaleidoscope: Perspectives on European Jewry.* [7] There is also an entry on her in *Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia.* [8] In 2010, she was featured in the documentary *Kol Ishah: The Rabbi is a Woman*, directed by Hannah Heer. [9]

## Publications

- *Fräulein Rabbiner Jonas : the story of the first woman rabbi*, 2004

- *Margarete Susman und ihr jüdischer Beitrag zur politischen Philosophie*, 2013

- *Regina Jonas : die weltweit erste Rabbinerin*, 2003

- *Wie ich Rabbinerin wurde*, 2012

- *So bin ich Rabbinerin geworden jüdische Herausforderungen hier und jetzt*, 2005

- *Säkulares Judentum aus religiöser Quelle*, 2015

## See also

- [Regina Jonas](/source/Regina_Jonas)

- [Timeline of women rabbis](/source/Timeline_of_women_rabbis)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Elisa Klapheck | Jewish Women's Archive"](http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/klapheck-elisa). Jwa.org. Retrieved 2012-03-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Avrum Ehrlich, M. (2009). [*Encyclopedia of the Jewish diaspora: origins, experiences, and culture - Mark Avrum Ehrlich - Google Books*](https://books.google.com/books?id=NoPZu79hqaEC&q=%22elisa+klapheck%22&pg=PA891). Bloomsbury Academic. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781851098736](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781851098736). Retrieved 2012-03-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Elisa Klapheck | Jewish Women's Archive"](http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/klapheck-elisa). Jwa.org. Retrieved 2012-03-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Lustig, Sandra; Leveson, Ian (2008-04-15). [*Turning the Kaleidoscope: Perspectives on European Jewry - S. H. Lustig, Ian Leveson - Google Books*](https://books.google.com/books?id=tifwW0Hld7oC&q=%22elisa+klapheck%22&pg=PA225). Berghahn Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781845455354](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781845455354). Retrieved 2012-03-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Lustig, Sandra; Leveson, Ian (2008-04-15). [*Turning the Kaleidoscope: Perspectives on European Jewry - S. H. Lustig, Ian Leveson - Google Books*](https://books.google.com/books?id=tifwW0Hld7oC&q=%22how+i+became+a+woman+rabbi%22+%22elisa+klapheck%22&pg=PA225). Berghahn Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781845455354](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781845455354). Retrieved 2012-03-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Fräulein Rabbiner Jonas: The Story of the First Woman Rabbi"](http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787969877.html). Wiley. Retrieved 2012-03-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Lustig, Sandra; Leveson, Ian (2008-04-15). [*Turning the Kaleidoscope: Perspectives on European Jewry - S. H. Lustig, Ian Leveson - Google Books*](https://books.google.com/books?id=tifwW0Hld7oC&q=%22how+i+became+a+woman+rabbi%22+%22elisa+klapheck%22&pg=PA225). Berghahn Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781845455354](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781845455354). Retrieved 2012-03-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Elisa Klapheck | Jewish Women's Archive"](http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/klapheck-elisa). Jwa.org. Retrieved 2012-03-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["The Rabbi is a Woman" | a documentary film by Hannah Heer"](https://riverlightspictures.com/kolishah/rabbis.html). "Kol Ishah. Retrieved 2012-03-03.

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