Rabbi Eva Goldfinger

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In 1988, she was ordained by the Leadership Conference of Secular and Humanistic Jews as a “Secular Humanistic Jewish Leader/Madrikha” and certified as a “Philosophical Counsellor”. She has completed training in Jewish Family Education and is a Psychotherapist with advanced training in inner child, cognitive, systems and humanistic therapy. Eva has earned a Bachelors and Masters in Jewish Studies from Hebrew College, Boston, a Masters in Rabbinics at the IISHJ and was ordained as a rabbi in October 2005.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Wingdings" ><B>n</B></FONT><B> </B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >Eva has been a spiritual leader of Oraynu since her ordination in 1988, provides adult education workshops, seminars and lectures, and is the director of life cycles.  She is in charge of coordinating baby namings and welcomings, bar and bat mitzvot for youth and adults, weddings, funerals, memorials, unveilings and dedications, and conversions/adoptions.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Wingdings" ><B>n </B></FONT>Eva has travelled to Congregations all over North America to lead their festival services and provide guidance, education and training to the communities and their leadership. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Wingdings" ><B>n</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Verdana" ><B> </B></FONT>Actively involved in building the Movement and developing its philosophy and practices locally, nationally and internationally, Eva has served at various times on the Boards of Oraynu Congregation, the IISHJ, the Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations and the North American section of the International Federation of Secular Humanistic Jews. She has been the President of the Leadership Conference of Secular Humanistic Jews, the certifying and ordaining body of the Movement, and the professional association of its Rabbis, Madrikhim, Musical Directors, Educators and Spokespersons. Eva currently sits on the Board of the Society for Humanistic Judaism, on the Executive Committee of the Association for Humanistic Rabbis and is an advisor to the board of the International Federation.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Wingdings" ><B>n</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Verdana" ><B> </B></FONT>A Jewish educator, Eva offers courses and lectures extensively in Toronto, other parts of Canada and the States. <I>(See publications below.)</I> She is on the faculty of the IISHJ and is the Director of the Canadian Section of the IISHJ. She creates Humanistic Jewish celebrations/observances of festival and life cycle ceremonies, many of which have been published and are widely-used throughout the Movement. </div> <bR> <div> <B>n</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Verdana" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >"Intertalk”, a support group she developed for couples in inter-cultural relationships, is a model for such groups all over North America.  Eva has created a prototype for couples' workshops on learning how to communicate effectively, and runs a successful counselling practice for individuals and couples, specializing in the intermarried and their families.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>n</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Verdana" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" ><U>Publications</U></FONT></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Judaism: A Civilization in Motion</I>, an introductory course in Jewish history, philosophy and culture, 1990</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#080000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000800.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="13c01010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT><I>Curriculum for Secular Humanistic Jewish Supplementary Schools</I>, co-written with Karen Levy - a developmental, values</div> <div>        and history based curriculum from JK through Grade 7, currently used by many schools in the Movement, 1995</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Basic Ideas of Secular Humanistic Judaism</I>, published by the IISHJ, is used as a basic text for the Movement, 1996</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Introduction to Judaism: An Evolving Civilization</I>, an intensive adult education course endorsed by the IISHJ, which is also </div> <div>        used for conversion/adoption classes, 1998 </div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Guidebook for Adult Education Programs</I>, community training and policies manual for creating, executing and delivering adult education, commissioned by the SHJ, 2001</div> <bR> <div> Back to <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Leadership"><U>Leadership</U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>