Biography
David Golinkin was born and raised inRabbinic and academic career
Golinkin began to teach Talmud at The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York in 1980 and Talmud and Jewish Law at Neve Schechter, the Israeli branch of JTS, in 1982. In 1987, he began to teach Talmud and Jewish Law at The Seminary of Judaic Studies (later renamed: The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies) in Jerusalem. Since 1990, he has worked full-time as one of the leaders of the Schechter Institutes. From 1990 until 2000, he served as Assistant Dean and later as Dean of the Schechter Institute and Schechter Rabbinical Seminary. He served as President of The Schechter Institute from 2000-2015, in which capacity he served as chief academic officer as well as chief fundraiser for all the Schechter non-profits, including TALI, Neve Schechter in Tel Aviv, and Midreshet Yerushalayim in Ukraine. In 2015, he became the President of the Schechter Institutes, Inc. in which capacity he continues to serve as chief fundraiser, while teaching and serving as editor of all Schechter academic publications. During Golinkin’s years at Schechter (1990ff.), the Schechter academic programs grew from 35 students to 700 students with 1,750 graduates; the TALI school system grew from 3,000 children to 65,000 children; and Midreshet Yerushalayim grew from one school to a network of camps, schools and synagogues throughout Ukraine. During his tenure as President, the Schechter Institute received accreditation from Israel's Council for Higher Education, its full-time faculty doubled and its library stacks more than tripled. Golinkin led the building campaign which built the new campus of the Schechter Institute in Jerusalem, as well as the Neve Schechter campus in Tel Aviv. Neve Schechter opened in 2012 as a synagogue and center for Jewish culture and now serves 19,000 people every year. Golinkin is the founder and director of the Institute of Applied Halakhah at Schechter, which has published over 30 books in Hebrew, English and other languages. He directs the Center for Women in Jewish Law at Schechter, which has published five books and two series of multi-lingual booklets on women in Jewish law. He is the founder and director of the Midrash Project at Schechter, which has published eight volumes related to Midrash. For twenty years, Golinkin served as Chair of the Va’ad Halakhah (Law Committee) of the Rabbinical Assembly which writesAwards & recognition
In 2022, he received thePublished works
* ''Responsa of the Va’ad Halakhah of the Rabbinical Assembly of Israel,'' 6 volumes, primary author and editor (1985-1998) * ''Halakhah for Our Time: A Conservative Approach to Jewish Law'' (many editions in Hebrew, English, Spanish, French, Russian; 1986ff.) * ''A Time to be Born and a Time to Die: The Laws of Mourning in Jewish Tradition'', by Rabbi Isaac Klein (Hebrew and Russian editions; 1991ff.) * ''Be'er Tuvia: From the Writings of Rabbi Theodore Friedman'' (1991) * ''An Index of Conservative Responsa and Practical Halakhic Studies 1917-1990'' (1992) * ''Breaking New Ground: The Struggle for a Jewish Chaplaincy in Canada'' by Rabbi S. Gershon Levi (1994) * ''The Responsa of Professor Louis Ginzberg'' (1996) * ''Rediscovering the Art of Jewish Prayer'' (1997) * ''Proceedings of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards 1927-1970,'' 3 volumes (1997) * ''Ginzei Rosh Hashanah: Manuscripts of Bavli Rosh Hashanah from the Cairo Genizah -- A Facsimile Edition With a Codicological Introduction'' (2000) * ''Responsa in a Moment: Halakhic Responses to Contemporary Issues,'' 4 volumes (2000-2017) * ''The Jewish Law Watch,'' 7 Hebrew-English booklets (2000-2003) * ''The Status of Women in Jewish Law: Responsa'' (Hebrew, 2001; expanded English edition, 2012) * ''Megillat Hashoah: The Shoah Scroll,'' 6 editions in 5 languages (2003-2008) * ''Insight Israel: The View from Schechter,'' 2 volumes (2003-2006) * ''To Learn and to Teach: Study Booklets Regarding Women and Jewish Law'', 5 booklets in 5 languages (2004-2008) * ''The High Holy Days,'' by Rabbi Hayyim Kieval (2004) * ''Responsa and Halakhic Studies'' by Rabbi Isaac Klein, second edition (2005) * ''Za’akat Dalot: Halakhic Solutions for the Agunot of our Time'' by Rabbis Monique Susskind Goldberg and Diana Villa (2006) * ''Taking the Plunge: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to the Mikveh'' by Rabbi Miriam Berkowitz (2007) * ''Torah Lishmah: Essays in Jewish Studies in Honor of Prof. Shamma Friedman'' (2007) * ''Jewish Education for What? and other Essays'' by Walter Ackerman (2008) * ''The Schechter Haggadah,'' with Joshua Kulp (2009) * ''Legends of the Jews'' by Louis Ginzberg, second Hebrew edition (2009) * ''Ask the Rabbi: Women Rabbis Respond to Modern Halakhic Questions'', by Rabbis Monique Susskind Goldberg and Diana Villa (2010) * ''The Student Struggle Against the Holocaust,'' with Rafael Medoff (2010) * ''Midrash Hadash Al Hatorah'' edited by Gila Vachman (2013) * ''Midrash Esther Rabbah'' edited by Joseph Tabori and Arnon Atzmon (2014) * ''As a Driven Leaf'' by Rabbi Milton Steinberg, annotated Hebrew edition (2015) * ''Truth and Lovingkindness: A Sourcebook for Spiritual Caregivers from the Midrash and Modern Jewish Thought'', by Einat Ramon (Hebrew, 2015; English, 2018) * ''Say Something New Each Day'' by Rabbi Noah Golinkin (2016) * ''Kohelet Rabbah (Part I)'' edited by Menahem Hirshman (2016) * ''Minhah L’Yehudah: Julius Theodor and the Redaction of the Aggadic Midrashim of the Land of Israel'' by Tamar Kadari (2017) * ''Aseh Lekha Rav: Responsa'', Hebrew (2019) In addition, he has published over 200 articles, responsa and sermons.External links