About OHT: Meirav Finley


Meirav Shevah Finley is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Ohr HaTorah congregation, and serves as Executive and Educational Director. Born and raised in Eilat, Israel, she served in the Israeli Air Force before studying English Literature at the Hebrew University and Linguistics at Tel Aviv University. After moving to L.A. in 1984, Meirav worked as a teacher at Heschel Day School, L.A. Hebrew High and Union Hebrew High. She administered an adult education program at Stephen S. Wise Temple. Rabbi Finley and Meirav started The Learning Circle and managed the Mountain Top Minyan and Children’s Program. Meirav and Rabbi Mordecai Finley are the parents of two sons, Lev and Kayitz, and two daughters, Shulamit and Avigayil.