Julie Schwartz (rabbi)

Julie Schwartz is an American rabbi.[1] She was born in Cincinnati and, in 1986, she became the first woman to serve as an active-duty Jewish chaplain in the U.S. Navy, the very same year she was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.[2][3] She counseled patients at the naval hospital in Oakland, California, and after a three-year tour of duty she returned to Cincinnati and held assorted jobs at HUC-JIR.[2]

This article is about the American rabbi. For the comic book author, see Julius Schwartz.
Julie Schwartz
Personal
Born
Cincinnati
ReligionJudaism
NationalityAmerican
PositionRabbi
OrganisationB'nai Israel
Began1999

Eventually she became the third rabbi to be certified as a Clinical Pastoral Educator by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Educators, after which she founded HUC-JIR's course of study in pastoral counseling for rabbinical students.

In 1999, she became the first rabbi of B'nai Israel, the south side's first Jewish congregation in Fayette County, Georgia; they had previously been served by rabbinical students.[2]

In 2011, she returned to HUC-JIR to head the pastoral care and counseling program she founded.[4]

References
  1. "Rabbi reshapes traditional mold of chaplains and healers". The Jewish News of North California. 21 February 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. Carolyn Cary (12 September 1999). "South side's first Jewish congregation ready to move forward". The Citizen Online. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. Goldman, Ari L. (18 June 1986). "ISSUE OF WOMEN AS RABBIS BREAKS UP JEWISH UNIT". New York Times. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  4. "Rabbi Breaks Barriers". womenetics. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.


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