What is Ada Rapoport-Albert?
[[File:Ada Rapoport-Albert.png|thumb|Ada Rapoport-Albert]] '''Ada Rapoport-Albert''' ({{Lang-he|עדה רפפורט-אלברט}}; 26 October 1945 – 18 June 2020) was an Israeli-British scholar of Jewish [[mysticism]] and [[Hasidic]] women.<ref name=loewen>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/obituaries/professor-ada-rapoport-albert-1.506606|website=www.thejc.com|title=Professor Ada Rapoport-Albert|publisher=The Jewish Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/tributes-paid-to-orthodox-educator-and-expert-on-chasidism-who-dies-aged-75/|website=www.jewishnews.co.uk|title=Tributes paid to Orthodox educator and expert on Chasidism, who dies aged 75}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Jewish Women's Archive|title=Ada Rapoport-Albert|website=jwa.org|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/rapoport-albert-ada}}</ref> Rapoport-Albert also served as the president of the [[Jewish Historical Society of England]].<ref name=loewen/><ref name=loewen2>Naftali Loewenthal. Professor Ada Rapoport-Albert (26 October 1945–18 June 2020). JHS. Vol. 52(1):291-294. DOI: 10.14324/111.444.jhs.2021v52.020</ref> == Personal life == Ada Rapoport-Albert was born in [[Tel Aviv]]<ref name=avelim/> in 1945 to Zalman and Alma Rapoport. Her mother was a pianist from Bulgaria, who trained in Vienna. Her father was from Berdichev.<ref name=loewen2/> In the 1960s, Ropoport-Albert came to London to study for her dissertation on the Hasidic master, Rabbi [[Nachman of Breslov]]. Ropoport-Albert became an associate professor in Jewish History at [[University College London]] (UCL). In 2002, she became head of the department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at UCL. She also held visiting positions at other institutions. Ropoport-Albert retired in 2012 but continued her research until her death in 2020.<ref>Wojciech Tworek (2020) Ada Rapoport-Albert: In Memoriam, East European Jewish Affairs, 50:1-2, 259-260, DOI: 10.1080/13501674.2020.1798170</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.torahinmotion.org/users/dr-ada-rapoport-albert|title=Dr. Ada Rapopor