Delphine Horvilleur
Elle est une femme rabbin française appartenant à l'organisation juive libérale Judaïsme en mouvement issue du Mouvement juif libéral de France et de l'Union libérale israélite de France, écrivain et philosophe.
Elle est membre du Conseil des rabbins libéraux francophones ainsi que directrice de la rédaction de la Revue de pensée(s) juive(s) Tenou'a.
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She is France's third female rabbi, and (as of 2012) editorial director of the quarterly Jewish magazine "Revue de pensée(s) juive(s) Tenou'a". She leads a congregation in Paris, and is currently co-leading the Liberal Jewish Movement of France, a Jewish liberal cultural and religious association affiliated to the World Union for Progressive Judaism.
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Elle ne va pas à leur rencontre, du moins pas comme on pourrait croire. Elle ne fond pas sur eux pour les capter, les saisir, leur parler. Elle les regarde. Elle se replit de leur iamge comme un lac du reflet d'un ciel. Elle les maintient d'abord dans cette distance qui permet de les réfléchir. Les hommes restent donc là longtemps, en face d'elle. Elle les regarde, elle les observe, elle les contemple. Elle les voit toujours comme ces voyageurs assis vis-à-vis d'elle dans les trains maintenant rares où cette disposition existe encore : non pas à côté d'elle, dans le même sens, mais en face, de l'autre côté de la tablette où gît le livre qu'elle écrit. Ils se tiennent là. C'est le -
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