About OHT Rabbi Finley

Rabbi Finley is Co-Founder, Co-CEO and Rabbi of Ohr HaTorah. He received his doctorate in Religion-Social Ethics from the University of Southern California, and rabbinic ordination through the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. He currently serves as Provost and Professor of Liturgy and Jewish Ethics at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California Campus.

Rabbi Finley also serves on the faculty of the Wexner Heritage Foundation and the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Judaism. He is married to Meirav Finley, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Ohr HaTorah, and is the father of two sons, Lev and Kayitz, and two daughters, Shulamit and Avigayil.


A Letter from Rabbi Finley - a brief statement of religious and spiritual beliefs, and a note concerning temple membership.