Finegold is married to Rachel Kohl Finegold.
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In 2009 at Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel synagogue Finegold and his wife Rachel gave classes to soon to be married couples on sex, aiming to demystify sex and remove the stigma it has within Orthodox communities.
From 2010 to 2012 Finegold taught Bible at Chicagoland Jewish High School.
Since April 2015 Finegold has served as the Founding Principal of The Jewish Learning Lab.
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.
Finegold is a teacher who leaves with wife their three daughters, Kinneret, Nedivah, and Hadar.
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."
Education
From 1998 to 2002 Finegold attended Concordia University and received a B.A. in Psychology.
From 2003 to 2005 Finegold attended Yeshivat Noam Hatorah in Montreal and received his Rabbinic Ordination under the direction of Rabbi Joshua Shmidman.
From 2007 to 2009 Finegold attended the University of Chicago and studied Religion.
Writings
Read some of Finegolds writings: