Lila Kagedan

Rabbi
Lila Kagedan
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationOpen Orthodox
YeshivaYeshivat Maharat
SemikhahRabbi Avi Weiss

Lila Kagedan (44–45 years old) is a Canadian-born Jewish rabbi who in 2016 became the first woman with the title rabbi to be hired by an Open Orthodox synagogue. This occurred when Mount Freedom Jewish Center in New Jersey hired Kagedan to join their "spiritual leadership team." She is currently the rabbi at Walnut Street Synagogue, an Open Orthodox synagogue in Massachusetts.

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