Rachel Kohl Finegold is the Education & Ritual Director at Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation in Chicago. Rachel (pronounced the Hebrew way) is a founding member of the Orthodox Women’s Leadership Project, serves on the editorial board of the JOFA Journal, and was recently named one of JUF Oy!Chicago’s 36 Under 36. She received her B.A. in Religion from Boston University and completed the Scholars Circle program at the Drisha Institute in New York. She is currently enrolled in the inaugural class of Yeshivat Maharat, a new institution training Orthodox women as halachic and spiritual leaders. Rachel lives in Chicago with her husband, Rabbi Avi Finegold, and their two young daughters.