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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Rebecca Trachtenberg Alpert</b> (* <a href="12._April" title="12. April">12. April</a> <a href="1950" title="1950">1950</a> in <a href="Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">Vereinigte Staaten</a>) ist eine <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanische</a> <a href="Autorin" class="mw-redirect" title="Autorin">Autorin</a> und <a href="Rabbinerin" title="Rabbinerin">Rabbinerin</a>.
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<p>Alpert besuchte die <i>Erasmus Hall High School</i> und das <a href="Barnard_College" title="Barnard College">Barnard College</a>. Sie studierte <a href="J%C3%BCdische_Theologie" class="mw-redirect" title="Jüdische Theologie">jüdische Theologie</a> an der <a href="Temple_University" title="Temple University">Temple University</a> und am <i>Reconstructionist Rabbinical College</i> (RRC) in Wyncote, <a href="Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, außerhalb von Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sie spezialisierte sich auf die <a href="Juden_in_den_Vereinigten_Staaten" title="Juden in den Vereinigten Staaten">Amerikanische Jüdische Geschichte</a>. Zu ihren Ausbildern gehörten <a href="Elaine_Pagels" title="Elaine Pagels">Elaine Pagels</a> und <a href="Mordechai_M._Kaplan" title="Mordechai M. Kaplan">Mordechai M. Kaplan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Als Rabbinerin arbeitete sie danach an verschiedenen Synagogen in den Vereinigten Staaten und in Kanada. 1986 outete sie sich als lesbisch, trennte sich von ihrem bisherigen Ehemann Joel Alpert, mit dem sie zwei Kinder hat, und begann eine Beziehung mit Christie Balka.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In den folgenden Jahren wurde sie zur Hochschullehrerin für Jüdische Religion an der Temple University berufen.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Position_zu_Gaza">Position zu Gaza</h2></div>
<p>Im Februar 2025 wurde eine ganzseitige Anzeige in der <a href="New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a> veröffentlicht: »<a href="Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Trump</a> hat die Ausweisung aller <a href="Pal%C3%A4stinenser" title="Palästinenser">Palästinenser</a> aus dem <a href="Gazastreifen" title="Gazastreifen">Gazastreifen</a> gefordert. Jüdische Menschen sagen Nein zur <a href="Ethnische_S%C3%A4uberung" title="Ethnische Säuberung">ethnischen Säuberung</a>!« Die öffentliche Erklärung war von mehr als 350 US-amerikanischen <a href="Rabbiner" title="Rabbiner">Rabbinern</a> unterzeichnet sowie von jüdischen Künstlern, Schriftstellern und Aktivisten, darunter Rebecca Alpert, <a href="Judith_Butler" title="Judith Butler">Judith Butler</a>, <a href="Peter_Beinart" title="Peter Beinart">Peter Beinart</a>, <a href="Ilana_Glazer" title="Ilana Glazer">Ilana Glazer</a>, <a href="Naomi_Klein" title="Naomi Klein">Naomi Klein</a>, <a href="Tony_Kushner" title="Tony Kushner">Tony Kushner</a> und <a href="Joaquin_Phoenix" title="Joaquin Phoenix">Joaquin Phoenix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Werke_(Auswahl)"><span id="Werke_.28Auswahl.29"></span>Werke (Auswahl)</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>Exploring Judaism: A Reconstructionist Approach with Jacob Staub</i>, (Reconstructionist Press, 1985, revidierte Ausgabe 2000)</li>
<li><i>Lesbian Rabbis: The First Generation</i>, Editor (gemeinsam mit Sue Elwell und Shirley Idelson), (Rutgers University Press, 2001)</li>
<li><i>Like Bread on the Seder Plate: Jewish Lesbians and the Transformation of Tradition</i> (Columbia University Press, 1997)</li>
<li><i>The Life and Thought Of Tehilla Lichtenstein</i></li>
<li><i>Voices of the Religious Left: A Contemporary Sourcebook</i>, Editor (Temple University Press, 2000)</li>
<li><i>Whose Torah?: A Concise Guide to Progressive Judaism</i> (The New Press, 2008)</li>
<li><i>Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball</i> (Oxford University Press, 2011)</li>
<li><i>Religion and Sports: An Introduction and Case Studies</i> (Columbia University Press, 2015)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>1998: <a href="Lambda_Literary_Award" title="Lambda Literary Award">Lambda Literary Award</a> für <i>Like Bread on the Seder Plate</i></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sites.temple.edu/rebeccatalpert/">University Temple: Rebecca Alpert</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lgbtran.org/Interview.aspx?ID=1">LGBTRAN.org: Rebecca Alpert</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/13/embassy-row-pink-washing-and-pink-elephant/">Washington Times: Embassy Row: Pink washing and pink elephant</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lgbtran.org/Interview.aspx?ID=1">LGBTRAN.org: Rebecca Alpert</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sites.temple.edu/rebeccatalpert/">University Temple: Rebecca Alpert</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Etan Nechin: Hundreds of U.S. Rabbis, Jewish Celebrities Condemn Trump Gaza Plan in NYT Ad. In: <a href="Haaretz" class="mw-redirect" title="Haaretz">Haaretz</a>, 13. Februar 2025; Ben Sales: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/no-to-ethnic-cleansing-hundreds-of-us-rabbis-jewish-celebs-slam-trumps-gaza-plan/">‘NO to ethnic cleansing’: Hundreds of US rabbis, Jewish celebs slam Trump’s Gaza plan</a> <a href="The_Times_of_Israel" title="The Times of Israel">The Times of Israel</a>, 13. Februar 2025; Maya Yang: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/13/rabbis-ad-trump-gaza-plan">‘No to ethnic cleansing’: over 350 rabbis sign US ad assailing Trump’s Gaza plan</a> <a href="The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a>, 13. Februar 2025; Yasmine El-Sabawy: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jews-say-no-ethnic-cleansing-hundreds-rabbis-and-artists-reject-trump-gaza-plan">‘Jews Say No to Ethnic Cleansing’: Hundreds of rabbis and artists reject Trump's Gaza plan</a> <a href="Middle_East_Eye" title="Middle East Eye">Middle East Eye</a>, 13. Februar 2025; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-842081">Jewish clergy, creatives denounce Trump’s Gaza proposal in full-page NYT ad</a> <a href="Jerusalem_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Jerusalem Post">Jerusalem Post</a>, 14. Februar 2025.</span>
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