Activism and Advocacy: a Lifelong Commitment to the Jewish People
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Rabbi Avi Weiss
Rabbi Avi Weiss is the founding rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, a congregation of 850 families in Bronx, NY; founder of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, a rabbinical seminary he refers to as "Open Orthodox", a term he coined to describe an offshoot of Modern Orthodoxy; founder of Yeshivat Maharat for Orthodox women; co-founder of the International Rabbinical Fellowship, an Open Orthodox rabbinical association founded as a liberal alternative to the Modern Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America; and founder of the grassroots organization Coalition for Jewish Concerns – Amcha, which speaks…