About

Hello there!

My name is Eliyahu Fink (I also go by Eli, eee-lie not eh-lee) and I currently serve as the Rabbi at the Pacific Jewish Center. That’s the Shul on the beach in Venice California.

We offer a variety of community services and events. Check us out on the web @ PJCenter.com or stop in on a Friday Night or Shabbat Morning.

The Shul on the beach is @ 505 Ocean Front Walk, 90291.

If you have any questions for the Rabbi please send me a private and confidential email. I answer all emails. Please include religion, level of observance, age and gender in all questions.

In addition to serving as Rabbi at PJC, I am a Law Student at Loyola Law School of Los Angeles.

I come from a long line of Rabbis and Jewish Community activists.

I attended the Mechina High School of the Ner Israel Rabbinical College and developed a love for learning Torah, questioning Jewish ideas and trying to understand the structure of the Torah lifestyle.

Following High School I attended the Yeshiva of Far Rockaway. My Rebbe (teacher / mentor) became Rabbi Moshe Brown whom I still consult with on a regular basis.

After a few years in YFR, I got married and became a fellow in Kollel Avodas Levi back in Ner Israel. It is there that I studied for Rabbinic Ordination and was ordained following my examination in 2005.

I was recruited to work as a Rabbi for the Jewish Awareness Movement run by Bracha Zaret on the University of Southern California campus. It was there that I worked especially hard to understand how the Torah system works and began teaching these ideas to whomever was interested. I took about 200 college students on inspiring trips to Israel and New York. I maintain many of those relationships to this very day.

We love Los Angeles and when an opportunity arose in Venice for a part time rabbi I took my first pulpit position.

In addition to my work / religious interests I am big sports fan, love technology and social commentary.

Thanks for checking out my blog.

Start with the Required Reading Post.

I love to hear feedback so feel free to comment as you see fit.

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Check out my guest posts at http://dovbear.blogspot.com.