Regina Jonas

Rabbi
Regina Jonas
Personal life
BornRegine Jonas
3 August 1902
Mitte, Berlin, German Empire
Died12 October or 12 December 1944 (aged 42)
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Auschwitz, Kraków District, German-occupied Poland
Alma materHochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums, Berlin
OccupationReform rabbi
Signature
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
SemikhahDecember 27, 1935
Military service
Rankrabbi
This article is about Regina Jones the rabbi. For Regina Jones the writer and publisher, see Regina Jones (publisher).

Regina Jonas (German: [ʀeˈɡiːna ˈjoːnas]; German: Regine Jonas; 3 August 1902 – 12 October/12 December 1944) was a Berlin-born Reform rabbi. In 1935, she became the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi. Jonas was murdered in the Holocaust.

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