Tirzah Firestone was born on May 27,1954 and is an American analytical psychotherapist, author, and Jewish Renewal rabbi.
11 Facts About Tirzah Firestone
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Tirzah Firestone is the founding rabbi of Congregation Nevei Kodesh, a Jewish Renewal synagogue in Boulder, Colorado, and is Rabbi Emerita there.
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Tirzah Firestone was ordained by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi in 1992 and is a leader in the international Jewish Renewal Movement.
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Widely known for her work on feminism and the modern applications of Jewish mystical wisdom, Firestone teaches nationally on Jewish ancestral healing and the common boundary between ancient Jewish heritage and modern psychology.
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Tirzah Firestone is an active Member of Aleph: Alliance for Jewish Renewal and the Ohalah Rabbinic Association.
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Tirzah Firestone was the National Co-chair of T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and is currently serving on the board of the Yesod Foundation.
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Tirzah Firestone was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family in St Louis, Missouri.
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Tirzah Firestone was the fifth of six children born to Sol and Kate Tirzah Firestone.
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Tirzah Firestone went to Hebrew day schools through high school.
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Tirzah Firestone earned her master's degree in Holistic Counseling from Beacon College in 1982; and her doctorate in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California, in 2015.
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Tirzah Firestone apprenticed in Jerusalem with Rabanit Leah Sharabi, the wife of the Kabbalist Rabbi Mordechai Sharabi, who influenced her greatly.