Avraham Haim Yosef (Avi) haCohen Weiss (Hebrew: אברהם חיים יוסף הכהן ווייס; born June 24, 1944) is an American Open Orthodox ordained rabbi, author, teacher...

Józef Glemp, then Archbishop of Warsaw, on behalf of Rabbi Avi Weiss. That summer, Weiss and six other members of the Jewish community in New York had...

Look up avi or -avi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Avi is a given name, usually masculine, often a diminutive of Avram, Avraham, etc. It is sometimes...

in 1997 by Avi Weiss, who views halacha (Jewish law) as permitting more flexibility than the normal practices of Orthodox Judaism. Weiss opened Yeshivat...

women in the Jewish community to serve as clergy members. In 2009, Rabbi Avi Weiss and Rabbi Daniel Sperber ordained Rabba Sara Hurwitz. She was the first...

resignation of New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss". Poynter. Retrieved January 4, 2021. Selk, Avi (March 10, 2018). "A New York Times columnist blamed...

previously self-described as Open Orthodox, founded in 1999 by Rabbi Avi Weiss. Currently located in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York...

"Tertiated" I mean to say that we do not accept the known term of "Decimation". Avi Weiss highlighted: "But the Holocaust is different" and noted "As Menachem Begin...

Sivan 19, 5758 - A Taste of Torah in Honor of Shabbat & Yom Tov by Rabbi Avi Weiss". Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008...

congregation's founding dates from 1924 and was led by Rabbi Avi Weiss from 1973 to 2015. Weiss has since assumed the role as Rabbi in Residence and Rabbi...

ordination of Sara Hurwitz. Hurwitz was ordained by Rabbis Avi Weiss and Daniel Sperber. Although Weiss headed the rabbinical school Yeshivat Chovevei Torah...

Federal Correction Complex in North Carolina. In May 1991, Pollard asked Avi Weiss to be his personal rabbi. Israeli Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu was also...

Arnold Weiss (1924–2010), German-born refugee from Nazi Germany who emigrated to the United States where he became an intelligence officer Avi Weiss (fl...

years as CEO, Shalom Kital resigned and was replaced by executive editor Avi Weiss. On 1 August, Gadi Sukenik anchored his last evening news programme; Yonit...

ceremony in Oslo, Torossian was arrested for protesting together with Avi Weiss against Yasser Arafat being awarded the Peace Prize. And in 1995, as a...

institutions". The Jerusalem Post. Josh Nathan-Kazis (3 November 2015). "Avi Weiss Defends "Open Orthodoxy" as Agudah Rabbis Declare War". The Forward. "Orthodox...

Washington, D.C. His parents are novelist Tova Reich (sister of Rabbi Avi Weiss) and Walter Reich, a professor at George Washington University, who served...

were a number of well-regarded Orthodox rabbis on the list, including Avi Weiss and Yehoshua Fass. The list also included some Conservative and Reform...

curriculum for Orthodox day schools. In 2003, Hurwitz began working with Rabbi Avi Weiss of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. She became the congregational intern...

granted semicha (ordination) on an equal basis with men. In June 2009, Avi Weiss ordained Sara Hurwitz with the title "maharat" (an acronym of manhiga...

Elkana Shapiro, former British Chief Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits, and Rabbi Avi Weiss. This is the generally followed view. A third view argues in favor of...

themselves from Weiss. The executive vice president of the Orthodox Union, Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, has called the group "embarrassing", and Rabbi Avi Shafran...

Goren - a member of Yoni's unit Dani Litani - childhood friend of Yoni Avi Weiss Livne - a member of Yon's unit Chani Maayan - childhood friend of Yoni...

strongly encouraging existing synagogues to adopt them. In 2002, Rabbi Avi Weiss of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, stated that "As an Orthodox institution, Yeshivat...

Square Synagogue, Efrat, and Ohr Torah Stone Institutions; and Rabbi Avi Weiss, head of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, founder of Yeshivat Chovevei...

courts), causing further controversy as some Orthodox rabbis, including Avi Weiss and Yehoshua Fass, were included on the blacklist. This secretive process...

Ten Plagues of Egypt, about the Plagues of Egypt in the Book of Exodus; Avi Weiss, who researched the Book of Exodus; doctor John S. Marr looked at the...

Manitoba. 2009: Sara Hurwitz was ordained by Rabbi Daniel Sperber and Rabbi Avi Weiss, making her the first woman to receive Orthodox ordination. She took the...

of Riverdale, Herzfeld was mentored by Avi Weiss. Herzfeld served as the assistant rabbi under Rabbi Avi Weiss at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale from...

head-to-toe coverings for females. Open Orthodoxy A movement founded by Avi Weiss in the late 1990s in US, with its own schools for religious ordination...