Rachel Kohl Finegold
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Rachel Kohl Finegold is a Maharat for Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal.[1]
She earned a B.A. in Religion from Boston University and graduated from the Drisha Institute's Scholars Circle. She finished her internship at the National Synagogue.[2] She was a staff member at Camp Nesher in Pennsylvania for a number of years.
She spent six years as Education and Ritual Director at Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel in Chicago, where she held the Dr. Carol Fuchs Kaufman Rabbanit Chair. She was also involved with the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance.
In June 2013 Kohl Finegold was one of the first three women to graduate from Yeshiva Maharat, a four-year program in the Bronx to ordain orthodox women as Maharats, spiritual leaders.[3] Because she self-identifies orthodox, she chooses not to be counted in a minyan, serve as a judge on a bet din, or serve in the role of shaliach tzibor.[1]
Kohl Finegold is married to Avi Finegold with whom she has three children.[4]
