David Golinkin
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David Golinkin is a rabbi
, author and President and Rector of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
, Israel. He is a major halachic authority in the Masorti (Conservative
) movement in Israel.
Golinkin is a Conservative rabbi, and a member of the Rabbinical Assembly
. He is the editor or author of eighteen books, and over 150 responsa, articles, and sermons.
He is a professor of Jewish law
at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, and was the chair of the Va'ad Halakha, the law committee of the Rabbinical Assembly of Israel. The Va'ad has not been functioning for the last few years due to a dispute between Golinkin and the Israeli Rabbinical Assembly.
He is responsible for uncovering and re-publishing dozens of responsa of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards
of the Rabbinical Assembly, making them available to the general public in a three-volume set. In this set he wrote:
Since that time, the Conservative movement and the Masorti movement have addressed this issue in a serious way. Many volumes of Conservative and Masorti teshuvot and halakhic studies are now available, and more are being edited. In 2005 the Rabbinical Assembly made most of its recent responsa available on its official website.
He is director of the Center for Women in Jewish Law at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies.
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
, author and President and Rector of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, located in Jerusalem, Israel, is an academic institution affiliated with Conservative Judaism first established in New York....
, Israel. He is a major halachic authority in the Masorti (Conservative
Conservative Judaism
Conservative Judaism is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out of intellectual currents in Germany in the mid-19th century and took institutional form in the United States in the early 1900s.Conservative Judaism has its roots in the school of thought known as Positive-Historical Judaism,...
) movement in Israel.
Golinkin is a Conservative rabbi, and a member of the Rabbinical Assembly
Rabbinical Assembly
The Rabbinical Assembly is the international association of Conservative rabbis. The RA was founded in 1901 to shape the ideology, programs, and practices of the Conservative movement. It publishes prayerbooks and books of Jewish interest, and oversees the work of the Committee on Jewish Law and...
. He is the editor or author of eighteen books, and over 150 responsa, articles, and sermons.
He is a professor of Jewish law
Halakha
Halakha — also transliterated Halocho , or Halacha — is the collective body of Jewish law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions.Judaism classically draws no distinction in its laws between religious and ostensibly non-religious life; Jewish...
at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, and was the chair of the Va'ad Halakha, the law committee of the Rabbinical Assembly of Israel. The Va'ad has not been functioning for the last few years due to a dispute between Golinkin and the Israeli Rabbinical Assembly.
He is responsible for uncovering and re-publishing dozens of responsa of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards
Committee on Jewish Law and Standards
The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards is the central authority on halakha within Conservative Judaism; it is one of the most active and widely known committees on the Conservative movement's Rabbinical Assembly. Within the movement it is known as the CJLS...
of the Rabbinical Assembly, making them available to the general public in a three-volume set. In this set he wrote:
- As has been pointed out on numerous occasions, the Conservative rabbis of North America have written hundreds of teshuvot but have not succeeded in publishing them. In recent years we have begun to remedy this situation by publishing indices, monographs and complete volumes of Conservative responsa.
- Proceedings of the CJLS of the Conservative Movement 1927-1970, iii, 1997, Jerusalem
Since that time, the Conservative movement and the Masorti movement have addressed this issue in a serious way. Many volumes of Conservative and Masorti teshuvot and halakhic studies are now available, and more are being edited. In 2005 the Rabbinical Assembly made most of its recent responsa available on its official website.
He is director of the Center for Women in Jewish Law at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies.
Links
- Responsa For Today a website containing teshuvot and other writings related to Conservative/Masorti Halacha edited by Rabbi Golinkin.