Delphine Horvilleur

Delphine Horvilleur studied at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion – New York, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and CELSA Paris. The recorded working language is French, English and Hebrew. The field of work recorded is Judaism and journalism. Employment is recorded with France 2 and RCJ. Positions recorded include editor-in-chief. Distinctions recorded are manager de l'année, Knight of the National Order of Merit, Officer of Arts and Letters and Knight of the Legion of Honour.

• Religion — Judaism • Name — Delphine Horvilleur • Born — 8 November 1974 • Birthplace — Nancy, France • Education — Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion • Occupation — Rabbi, writer • Spouse — Ariel Weil • Website — https: delphinehorvilleur.com

Horvilleur was born and raised in Nancy, then moved to Jerusalem at the age of 17 and studied life sciences at the Hebrew University. On 4 November 1995 she attended the Tel Aviv peace rally at the end of which Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated. Five years later, she came back to Paris and worked as a journalist for France 2 (2000-2003), notably at the channel's Jerusalem bureau with Charles Enderlin and as a reporter for its evening news, then as New York correspondent of the Jewish radio station RCJ (2003-2008). She studied with well-known Jewish scholars, such as French philosopher Marc-Alain Ouaknin and ex-Chief Rabbi Gilles Bernheim, and eventually moved to New York and studied at Drisha Yeshiva. She was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 2008, and later returned to France. In 2016, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem awarded her a special commendation. In 2012, by presidential decree, she became the first woman rabbi appointed to France's National AIDS Council. In 2009, Horvilleur became editor-in-chief of Tenou'a, a quarterly journal published by the Tenou'a association from the Liberal Jewish Movement of France. It is a reference magazine of liberal Jewish thought in France, where various religious sensibilities are found around societal issues (feminism, environment, sexuality, migration policy, etc.). Horvilleur was Editorial Director. In 2018 she founded the Ateliers Tenou'a, monthly study circles on texts of the Jewish tradition, also held in other cities including Brussels. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Horvilleur became known for her weekly online Zoom talks on Jewish texts. Her popular lectures were attended by a variety of people outside of the Jewish community. In August 2022, she delivered the inaugural lecture opening the academic year at Sciences Po in Paris. Her book Il n'y a pas de Ajar was adapted for the stage in 2023, directed by Johanna Nizard and Arnaud Aldigé at the Théâtre de l'Atelier. In 2025, Le Sens des choses, a French television series adapted from her book Vivre avec nos morts, was released on Max. In May 2025, after the Israeli government announced a plan of "conquest" of Gaza, she published a statement denouncing what she called Israel's "political rout and moral bankruptcy", saying she spoke "out of love for Israel"; the statement drew wide support as well as death threats from supporters of the Israeli government. In February 2026, she delivered remarks at Central Synagogue in New York. In June 2026, she announced her departure from Judaïsme en mouvement, effective that autumn, in order to develop her teaching of Jewish thought. She is a member of the reading committee of the Comédie-Française, as one of four outside personalities appointed by the French Minister of Culture. Horvilleur is married to Ariel Weil, mayor of the Paris Centre arrondissement. They have three children.