Valerie Cohen is an American Reform rabbi.
Biography Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Cohen was raised in Florida, where she earned a B.A. in public relations at University of Florida, graduating in 1993.Porter, Laura. "Rabbi Valerie Cohen named new rabbi at Temple Emanuel Sinai" , MA Jewish Ledger, April 9, 2014. She then studied at Hebrew Union College's Israel, Cincinnati and New York City campuses,Anderson, Nientara. "Chicks We Love: Headed Toward Chickdom", Jackson Free Press, March 3, 2007. where she graduated in 1999Kaplan, Leah. , The Chronicle, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, #66/2005. and was ordained at Manhattan's Temple Emanuel. That year she joined Temple Israel in Memphis, Tennessee, as assistant rabbi.
In 2003, Beth Israel Congregation of Jackson, Mississippi, hired Cohen as its sole rabbi, the "only pulpit rabbi in Jackson".Ring, Dan. "Rabbi Valerie Cohen", The Forward. She simultaneously served as the rabbi of Lexington, Mississippi's Temple Beth El.Berman, Robert Lewis. A House of David in the Land of Jesus, Pelican Publishing Company, 2007, pp. 30, 33.
In 2013, The Forward named Cohen one of its 36 inspiring rabbis.Eisner, Jane. "Rabbis 2013", The Forward.
Cohen became rabbi of Temple Emanuel Sinai in Worcester, Massachusetts in 2014.Lucas, Sherry. "Rabbi Valerie Cohen accepts position in Mass.", The Clarion-Ledger, March 31, 2014.
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