Yesterday, Moment published an interview with Ruth Balinsky Friedman, who will graduate next month from the first school to train Orthodox female clergy. Today, Moment speaks with fellow classmate Rachel Kohl Finegold. Finegold is a graduate of the Drisha Scholars Circle and currently serves in a pastoral capacity as the Education & Ritual Director at Anshe Sholom B’nei Israel Congregation in Chicago. After her graduation, Finegold will become director of education and spiritual enrichment at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, an Orthodox synagogue in Montreal. Were you always interested in religious leadership? Not necessarily. When I came out of college I knew I wanted to work in Jewish education and knew I didn’t want to be in the classroom. I never imagined a synagogue role. I looked at Hillel jobs, I looked at high school jobs. I was looking...

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