Sigma Faye Coran
Rabbi Sigma Faye Coran | |
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Title | Senior Rabbi |
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Born | (1966-03-23)March 23, 1966 St. Louis, Missouri |
Died | May 8, 2020(2020-05-08) (aged 54) |
Religion | Judaism |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Matthew Kraus |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Tufts University |
Rabbi Sigma Faye Coran (March 23, 1966 – May 8, 2020) was Senior Rabbi at Rockdale Temple, Amberley, Ohio.[1] She was the first woman to serve as the senior rabbi of a Cincinnati area congregation.[2]
Biography
Coran was born in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up in Akron, Ohio.[1] She studied clinical psychology and biology at Tufts University.[1] She was ordained at Hebrew Union College.[1]
Coran served as Assistant Rabbi at Temple Emanuel in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1994 to 1999.[3] Coran was appointed Senior Rabbi of Rockdale Temple, the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States west of the Allegheny Mountains, on July 1, 2004.[1] She was the first woman to serve as the senior rabbi of a Cincinnati area congregation.[2]
She married Rabbi Matthew Kraus with whom she had four children.[1]
Rabbi Sigma Faye Coran died on May 8, 2020, of metastatic breast cancer.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g May, Lucy (9 May 2020). "Pioneering Rockdale Temple Rabbi Sigma "Sissy" Faye Coran has died". WCPO-TV. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Pioneering Rockdale Temple Rabbi Sigma "Sissy" Faye Coran has died". WCPO. May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ Francus, Yoseff (May 14, 2020). "Rabbi Sigma "Sissy" Faye Coran: Rabbi, teacher, mother, wife". American Israelite. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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