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Rabbi Avraham (Avi) Weiss is the founder and president of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, the Modern and Open Orthodox Rabbinical School in New York, which has now placed almost seventy rabbis in synagogues, on campuses, in day schools and in national camping positions. He is also the senior Rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, a congregation of 850 families. Most recently, he founded Yeshivat Mahara”t, a Modern and Open Orthodox school training women to become spiritual leaders.
Rabbi Weiss was named one of the fifty most influential rabbis in America by Newsweek magazine the past four consecutive years. He is the author of Spiritual Activism: A Jewish Guide to Leadership and Repairing the World (Jewish Lights). His book on prayer, Holistic Tefillah: A New Guide to Jewish Prayer, will be published this year by Toby Press.
Rabbi Weiss served as the National Chairman of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, and is the National President of AMCHA – the Coalition for Jewish Concerns.
The evening will be from 6:30pm-8pm.
Pizza will be served FREE of charge.
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