Rabbi David Golinkin is President of The Schechter Institutes, Inc. and President Emeritus of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. For twenty years he served as Chair of the Va’ad Halakhah (Law Committee) of the Rabbinical Assembly which gives halakhic guidance to the Masorti Movement in Israel. He is the founder and director of the Institute of Applied Halakhah at Schechter and also directs the Center for Women in Jewish Law. Rabbi Professor Golinkin made aliyah in 1972, earning a BA in Jewish History and two teaching certificates from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He received an MA in Rabbinics and a PhD in Talmud from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America where he was also ordained as Rabbi. For a complete bio click here
Scholar-in-Residence weekend
May 16 & 17, with Rabbi David Golinkin
Israel at 77 – a fifty year retrospective
Friday evening, 7:15 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.
During the Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat service, this year’s scholar-in-residence, Rabbi David Golinkin, will share a retrospective of the Jewish state based on his fifty years of residence there.
What to do about the state of Judaism in the Jewish state?
Saturday morning, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
During the Shabbat morning Torah service, Rabbi Golinkin will address the challenges of Jewish pluralism and Jewish education in the State of Israel, and what the Schechter Institutes have been doing to meet these challenges during the past 40 years.
How are these Responsa different from all the other Responsa?
Saturday, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Following Kiddush lunch, Rabbi Golinkin will discuss several Conservative responsa written in Israel during the past 40 years, many of which were authored by Golinkin himself. He has chosen responsa which are relevant to current situations, including some related to the current war.
The History of Jerusalem in Song
Saturday evening, 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
The evening will begin with a dessert seudah. After a brief Ma’ariv service and havdallah Rabbi Golinkin will treat us to his vocal/guitar performance in honor of Yom Yerushalayim.