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Remarks by rabbi ariel stone of shir tikvah at jews of portland support december 27 2016 the four
Ariel Stone, also called C. Ariel Stone, is the first American Reform rabbi to lead a congregation in the former Soviet Union, and the first liberal rabbi in Ukraine. She worked as a rabbi in Ukraine from 1993 until 1994, leaving her former job at the Temple of Israel in Miami. While in Ukraine she was a rabbi at Congregation HaTikvah in Kiev, and helped in creating progressive congregations in Ukraine.
Stone has a master's degree in Hebrew Letters, and was awarded a Doctor of Jewish Studies degree from Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago in 2010. As of 2007, she serves as adjunct faculty in the Religious Studies departments of Willamette University of Salem, Oregon, and Portland State University in Oregon. From 2007 until 2009 she was President of the Oregon Board of Rabbis.