Avi Finegold

Avi Finegold is a Canadian rabbi and a Jewish leader in Montreal. He is currently the interim rabbi at Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal. He is married to Maharat Rachel Kohl Finegold, of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim.[1] In 2009 at Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel synagogue, Avi and Rachel gave classes to soon-to-be married couples on sex, aiming to demystify sex and remove the stigma it has within Orthodox communities.[1] From 2010 to 2012 Finegold taught Bible at Rochelle Zell Jewish High School.[2]

Since April 2015, Finegold has served as the Founding Principal of The Jewish Learning Lab.[2] As of July 2017, Finegold has been the interim Rabbi at Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal.

Finegold has been teaching in North America for 10 years, is a founding Chair of Limmud Chicago, a past Chair of LeMood Montreal, and is currently the Executive Director of the Montreal Board of Rabbis.[2][3]

Finegold is a teacher who lives with his wife and their three daughters, Kinneret, Nedivah, and Hadar.[4]

He describes himself as a "food baal tshuva" and declared his favorite food "any food that enhances and creates a Jewish moment, whether roast chicken on Friday night, or Matza and Marror (with my springtime blood orange and strawberry Charoset) at the Seder."[5]

Education

From 1998 to 2002 Finegold attended Concordia University and received a B.A. in Psychology.[2]

From 2003 to 2005 Finegold attended Yeshivat Noam Hatorah in Montreal and received his Rabbinic Ordination under the direction of Rabbi Joshua Shmidman.[2][3]

From 2007 to 2009 Finegold attended the University of Chicago and studied Religion.[2]

Writings

Read some of Finegolds writings:

gollark: Droppers are peripherals.
gollark: PotatOS are peripherals.
gollark: Chests are peripherals.
gollark: Furnaces are peripherals.
gollark: The ability to access 1.157920892373162e+77 bytes of memory is underrated.

References
  1. Pervos, Stefanie (March 12, 2009). "Let's Talk About (Orthodox) Sex" – via Oy! Chicago.
  2. "Avi Finegold". LinkedIn.
  3. "About Us: Staff". Jewish Learning Lab.
  4. "Rachel Kohl Finegold". G-d Cast. Archived from the original on 2016-09-11.
  5. "The Chefs: Avi Finegold". Archived from the original on 2016-08-26.
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